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Personal info

Full name
HOLKA, Peter Joseph
Date of birth
2 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Springdale Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33431284
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
53rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
Bigonville, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 16 62

Immediate family

Members
Peter P. Holka (father)
Rose S. (Doricek) Holka (mother)
Josephine Holka (sister)
Anna Holka (sister)
Margaret Holka (sister)
Aleck Holka (brother)
Frances Holka (sister)
Charles Holka (brother)

More information

Pfc Peter J. Holka enlisted in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 5 March 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files, AAR 53rd AIB July 1944 thru May 1945, www.fold3.com - WWII Registration Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - soilsister