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Personal info

Full name
PROBITION, John George
Date of birth
24 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13008969
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 October 1944
Place of death
Eilendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 18 21

Immediate family

Members
John Probition (father)
Mary Probition (mother)
Francis Probition (brother)
Joseph Probition (brother)
Edward Probition (brother)

More information

Pfc John G. Probition attended high school for 3 years before he joined the Regular Army in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 3 January 1941.

On 1 May, 1943, he was wounded in action in North Africa for which he was awarded the Order of the Purple Heart on 16 May that year. Before leaving the States, he was stationed at Staten Island, N.Y.; Fort Devens, Mass,; in South Carolina and Florida and finally Indiantown Gap. From North Africa he went to Italy, Sicily and then to southern France to Germany.

He was part of the D-Day invasion and landed at Omaha Beach.

Source of information:Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Pottsville Republican 10 November 1945, The Record American - 30 October 1944

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - pierre, The Record American - 30 October 1944