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Personal info

Full name
HYNOSKI, Benjamin Stanley
Date of birth
1 May 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Midvalley, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33875150
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division,
2nd Platoon, 3rd Squad
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Neuss, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 15 26

Immediate family

Members
Stanley Hynoski (father)
Stella Hynoski (mother)
Bertha Hynoski (sister)
Victor Hynoski (brother)
Edward Hynoski (brother)
Anthony Hynoski (brother)
Raymond Hynoski (brother)
Frank Hynoski (brother)
Bertha (Namovich) Hynoski (wife)
Constance J. Hynoski (daughter)

More information

Benjamin S. Hynoski worked for the Hazle Brook Coal Company.

He was married to Bertha Namovich of Shamokin on 31 July 1934.

He enlisted in in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 24 January 1944. and joined his unit from the 53rd Replacement Battalion on 19 August 1944.

On 8 October 1944 his daughter Contstance Joyce was born but he never would see her.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, ABMC, National Archives, National Archives, WWIImemorial, www.findagrave.com - Joel Frampton Gilbert

Photo source: Thijs Hodiamont, www.findagrave.com - Joel Frampton Gilbert