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Personal info

Full name
SHIMEK, John "Johnny"
Date of birth
11 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
Hometown
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37046115
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Mook or Groesbeek, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 10 26

Immediate family

Members
Paul Shimek (father)
Hattie (Buehler) Shimek (mother)
George Shimek (brother)
Paul Shimek (brother)
Frank Shimek (brother)
Edward Shimek (brother)
Mary Shimek (sister)
Robert Shimek (brother)
Henry Shimek (brother)
Betty Shimek (wife)

More information

John Shimek attended Roosevelt High School and was employed by the city. He was a golfer and won two Ellis park golf tournaments and was runner-up in a city tournament.

He enlisted on 25 June 1941 in Des Moines, Iowa. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, the Netherlands on 23 September 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, Fold3, MarketGarden, www.ancestry.com - WWII Bonus Case File, www.newspaperarchive.com - Cedar Rapids Gazette

Photo source: Find a Grave, www.newspaperarchive.com - Cedar Rapids Gazette 1941