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Personal info

Full name
HABINYAK, John
Date of birth
18 January 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Central City, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
32096887
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
193rd Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 10 6

Immediate family

Members
Vasil Habinyak (father)
Katherine Habinyak (mother)
Nick Habinyak (brother)
Peter Habinyak (brother)
Katie Habinyak (sister)
Charley Habinyak (brother)

More information

Pvt John Habinyak enlisted in Fort Jay Governors Island, New York on 24 June 1941.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery 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 / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten