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Personal info

Full name
SAVCHAK, Michael
Date of birth
18 Augustus 1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35051751
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Military Police Platoon,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 11 58

Immediate family

Members
John Savchak Sr. (father)
Anne (Patrik) Savchak (mother)
Mary Savchak (sister)
John Savchak Jr. (brother)

More information

Pfc Michael Savchak graduated from Lincoln High School and attended college for one year. He was employed as a toolmaker.

He enlisted at Fort Hayes, Columbus Ohio on 12 March 1943.

He was wounded in his foot by a bullet.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem, www.newspapers.com - The Cleveland Press - 26 January 1945