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Personal info

Full name
YERGOVICH, Michael "Mike"
Date of birth
25 November 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Ravlgane, Yugoslavia
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16171703
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 December 1944
Place of death
Ostheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 38 27

Immediate family

Members
Emma (Tonkovich) Yergovich (wife)
Henry Yergovich (son)
Rosemary Yergovich (daughter)
Beverly Yergovich (daughter)

More information

Pfc Michael Yergovich was employed at Michael Partonnelli and Son Contractors before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Chicago, Illinois on 12 December 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire in his thigh.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Naturalization Records, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Ernie