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Personal info

Full name
SYKENY, Richard T
Date of birth
1913
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35009875
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
25 October 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 23 37

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Sykeny (father)
Georgia I. (Coleman) Sykeny (wife)

More information

Sgt Richard T. Sykeny graduated from high school in Cleveland and worked there as a government employe in a payroll office.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 14 February 1941 and was sent overseas in January 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Battle Creek Enquirer - 22 December 1944