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Personal info

Full name
NOVAK, Mitchell J
Date of birth
17 August 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33292064
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sadzot, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 16 29

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Novak (father)
Victoria Novak (mother)
Frank Novak (brother)
Harry Novak (brother)
Ernest Novak (brother)

More information

Pvt Mitchell J. Novak attended high school for three years and was employed by the American locomotive Co. before he enlisted in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 21 August 1942.

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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Latrobe Bulletin 20 March 1945