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Personal info

Full name
CRNAK, Martin
Date of birth
18 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Arnold City, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Big Four, McDowell County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35773443
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
746th Tank Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
14 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Matt Crnak (father)
Anna Crnak (mother)
Steve Crnak (brother)
Mary Crnak (sister)
Matt Crnak (brother)
Katherine Crnak (sister)

More information

Martin Crnak was employed at the Koppers Coal Co.

He enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 31 August 1943. He was sent overseas in April 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 census, 1940 census, Enlistment Record, www.archives.gov, West Virginia Memory Project, Charleston Gazette - death notice - 14 April 1945, After Action Reports - January 1945 and March-May 1945

Photo source: FOHF, www.fold3.com