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Personal info

Full name
MAYNERICH, John Edward
Date of birth
13 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Thayer, Sangamon County, Illinois
Hometown
Thayer, Sangamon County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36708154
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 January 1945
Place of death
Wehingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 13 39

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Maynerich (father)
Maria (Szokacsova) Maynerich (mother)
Margaret A. Maynerich (sister)
Christina R. Maynerich (sister)
Joseph F. Maynerich (brother)
John Maynerich (brother)
Frances M. Maynerich (sister)
Thomas F. Maynerich (brother)
Agnes M. Maynerich (sister)

More information

Sgt John E. Maynerich graduated from Virden High School in 1939 and was employed in an ordnance plant at Joliet.

He enlisted in November 1942, and was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Maynerich Family Tree, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com, Illinois State Journal - 15 February 1945

Photo Source: Peter Schouteten, Illinois State Journal - 15 February 1945