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Personal info

Full name
HUMENIK, John
Date of birth
16 June 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Harvey, Warwick County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
13064261
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Reharmont, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 13 38

Immediate family

Members
Demeter Humenik (father)
Catherine Humenik (mother)
Anna Humenik (sister)
Demeter Humenik (brother)
Frances (Longnecker) Humenik (wife)

More information

Pvt John Humenik was employed at the Norfolk Navy shipyard before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Richmond, Virginia on 9 May 1942.

He was married to Frances Longnecker on 26 April 1941.

His parents were born in Czechoslovakia and emigrated the the United States in 1907.

Pvt Humenik was already overseas for two years and had participated in the campaigns in Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, France and The Netherlands.

Source of information: NARA, WWII Memorial, WW2 Airborne, www.ancestry.com - Naturalization Record of father / Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspaperarchive.com - Harvey Tribune

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspaperarchive.com - Harvey Tribune