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Personal info

Full name
VIDA, Mike
Date of birth
1 November 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana
Hometown
Warren Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35831538
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Near Koblenz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 31

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Vida (father)
Anna (Licskai) Vida (mother)
Frank Vida (brother)
Anna Vida (sister)
Mary Vide (sister)
Johnnie Vida (brother)
Julia Vida (sister)
Alexander Vida (brother)
Cecelia Vida (sister)
Joseph Vida (brother)
Mildred P. (Vanderpool) Vida (wife)
Mike Vida Jr. (son)

More information

Pvt Mike Vida was employed by the South Bend Woods Parts Company and the South Bend Country Club before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 11 April 1944. He was sent overseas on 14 December 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave,com - Jessica Campbell
Photo source: Peter Schouteten. www.newspapers.com - The South Bend Tribune, 15 March 1945