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Personal info

Full name
CINURCHIN, Michael
Date of birth
7 December 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Bridgeport, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32074830
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 February 1945
Place of death
Andler, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 4 2

Immediate family

Members
Nicholas Cinurchin (father)
Anna Cinurchin (mother)
Walter Cinurchin (brother)

More information

Pvt Michael Cinurchin attended high school for two years and was a construction machinery operator before he enlisted in Trenton, New Jersey on 5 June 1941.

On the picture he poses with his brother Walter who served with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Case Family, http://87thinfantrydivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Jersey Journal 20 April 1943 - courtesy of John McParland