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Personal info

Full name
BANICHAR, John
Date of birth
22 July 1904
Age
40
Place of birth
Leechburg, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Leechburg, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33284900
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
54th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 7 20

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Banichar (father)
Eva Banichar (mother)
Julia Banichar (sister)
Joseph E. Banichar (brother)
Bertha Banichar (sister)
Paul Banichar (brother)
Eva Banichar (sister)
Catherine Banichar (sister)
Mary Banichar (sister)
Josephine Banichar (sister)

More information

Sgt John Banichar enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 22 July 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / 1930 Census
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