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Personal info

Full name
KONYUD, James C
Date of birth
17 May 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35273676
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
2 January 1946
Place of death
Vossenack, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.

Immediate family

Members
Mike Konyud (father)
Hermina (Fekete) Konyud (mother)
Elizabeth Konyud (sister)
Mike Konyud (brother)
Mary Konyud (sister)
George Konyud (brother)
Ernest Konyud (brother)
Kalman Fekete (stepbrother)
Kelley Konyud (brother)
Joseph Konyud (brother)

More information

Pfc James C. Konyud graduated from John Hay High School in June 1939.

He enlisted at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 3 February 1942.

He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

In 2007, a German explosive team found human remains and military equipment in a field between Vossenack and Hürtgen which included a set of Pfc Konyud's identification tags. His remains were identified on 24 August 2009.

Pfc James C. Konyud was laid to rest on 25 September 2010 at Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Joseph Bisschroux, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.com - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com / Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper / 1930/1940 census, www.cleveland.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/09/army_pfc_james_konyud_to_retur.html