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Personal info

Full name
MARUSCOK, John
Date of birth
1 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Savogna, Udine, Italy
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35306487
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Light Machine Gunner
Unit
C Company,
48th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Maizieres-Les-Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Andrea Maruscok (father)
Theresa (Medves) Maruscok (mother)
Rena Maruscok (sister)
August J. Maruscok (brother)
Marcella Maruscok (sister)
Edward T. Maruscok (brother)
Anna Maruscok (sister)
Angeline Maruscok (wife)

More information

Pfc John Maruscok immigrated to the United States in October 1920. He was employed by the Steel Improvement & Forge Company.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 18 May 1942 and was sent overseas in May 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, https://www.7tharmddiv.org, The Plain Dealer - 8 August 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Jon Strupp