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Personal info

Full name
KOCIBAN, John
Date of birth
25 January 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Windber, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Windber, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33848098
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Gros-Réderching, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 42 19

Immediate family

Members
George Kociban (father)
Annie Kociban (mother)
Mary Kociban (sister)
Annie Kociban (sister)
George Kociban (brother)
Susie Kociban (sister)
Joe Kociban (brother)
Paul Kociban (brother)

More information

Pvt John Kociban attended high school for one year before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 24 March 1944.
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 / 1930 Census / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
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