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Personal info

Full name
STEFANKO, Michael Robert
Date of birth
21 January 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Byesville, Guernsey County, Ohio
Hometown
Canton, Stark County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35039841
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 January 1945
Place of death
Near Givet, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 10 41

Immediate family

Members
Joseph J. Stefanko (father)
Ella Stefanko (mother)
John Stefanko (brother)
Mary Stefanko (sister)
Helen Stefanko (sister)
Joseph Stefanko (brother)
Paul Stefanko (brother)
Jean Stefanko (sister)

More information

Pfc Michael R. Stefanko attended McKinley High School and was employed by the Timken Roller Bearing Co.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 4 March 1942.

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

His brothers Joseph and Paul also served with an infantry unit in France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Canton Repository - 19 February 1945