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Personal info

Full name
BOHUNICKY, Steve Charles
Date of birth
9 September 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Palmerton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Palmerton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O1010253
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
86th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
6th Armored Division,
HQ Troop
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 November 1944
Place of death
Sanry-sur-Nied, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 20 19

Immediate family

Members
Steve P. Bohunicky (father)
Katherine (Mihok) Bohunicky (mother)
Mary K. Bohunicky (sister)
Josephine A. Bohunicky (sister)
Joseph C. Bohunicky (brother)
Helen F. Bohunicky (sister)
Michael G. Bohunicky (brother)
Ethel Bohunicky (sister)

More information

Capt Steve C. Bohunicky attended high school for four years and was employed at the New Jersey Zinc Company of Pennsylvania as a clerk before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 5 June 1941.

Capt Bohunicky was killed by artillery fragments when he went forward on his own to check the situation.

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 / DeSousa Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.newspapers.com – The Morning Call - 27 November 1944