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Personal info

Full name
CHEPERAK, John
Date of birth
12 November 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey
Hometown
Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42083052
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Huttingen an der Kyll, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 13

Immediate family

Members
Michael Cheperak (father)
Bertha (Zbojoski) Cheperak (mother)
Mary Cheperak (sister)

More information

Ptvt John Cheperak was employed by the John A. Roebling's Sons Company.

He enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 25 January 1944 and was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Cheperak - Trenton Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Trenton Evening News 7 December 1944 - courtesy of John McParland