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Personal info

Full name
HORINKA, Thomas William
Date of birth
14 September 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Utica, Oneida County, New York
Hometown
Allentown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
6699393
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
In te vicinity of Saarlautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 5 18

Immediate family

Members
John Horinka (father)
Agnes (Percuk) Horinka (mother)
Victoria Horinka (sister)
Michael Horinka (brother)
Martha Horinka (sister)
Estella Horinka (sister)
Jeanette M. (De Guiseppe) Horinka (wife)

More information

Pvt Thomas W. Horinka was a guard at the Saucon plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 19 January 1944.

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

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application File / Headstone and Interment Record, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Call