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Personal info

Full name
DORNICK, Alfred Chas Jr "Bud"
Date of birth
9 December 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Allen County, Indiana
Hometown
Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
15354060
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
Near Neffe, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 8 44

Immediate family

Members
Alfred C. Dornick (father)
Emma R. (Schrader) Dornick (mother)
Richard B. Dornick (brother)
Marian J. Dornick (sister)
Donna R. Dornick (sister)
James E. Dornick (brother)
Helen E. (Ramsey) Dornick (wife)

More information

Alfred C. Dornick Jr. graduated from Cental High School and was employed by the Wayne Pump Company.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States at Camp Perry, Ohio on 27 November 1942. He was sent overseas in November 1943 and participated in the Normandy campaign and in Operation Market Garden.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of 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 / Cunningham Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Indiana News-Sentinel