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Personal info

Full name
SOROKA, Paul Harry
Date of birth
18 August 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Mayfield, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32196720
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
Rambrouch, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 7 19

Immediate family

Members
Gregory Soroka (father)
Martha (Matichak) Soroka (mother)
Michael Soroka (brother)
Gabriel Soroka (brother)
Theadora Soroka (sister)
Maxim G. Soroka (brother)
Peter H. Soroka (brother)
John Soroka (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Paul H. Soroka was a shipping and receiving clerk before he enlisted in Camp Upton Yaphank, New York on 29 January 1942. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / David Tree, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com – The Courier News 9 January 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com – The Courier News 9 January 1945