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Personal info

Full name
PIEJKO, John F
Date of birth
29 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Perry County, Kentucky
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36587303
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Saint Geneviève, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 29 63

Immediate family

Members
Walter Piejko (father)
Mary (Karnas) Piejko (mother)
Lottie Piejko (sister)
Sophie Piejko (sister)
Helen Piejko (sister)

More information

Pfc John F. Piejko attended high school for one year before he enlisted in the U.S. Army.
He was reported missing in action on 19 September.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, , www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Kentucky Birth Index, www.80thdivision.com, https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4945&context=gradschool_theses

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