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Personal info

Full name
MOSINSKI, John Valentine
Date of birth
28 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35058253
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
194th Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 13 12

Immediate family

Members
Teofil Mosinski (father)
Cecelia (Spychalski) Mosinski (mother)

More information

Pvt John V. Mosinski graduated from East Technical High School and was employed at Ohio Crankshaft, Incorporated.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 8 April 1943.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us

Photo source:
Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - 7 February 1945