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Personal info

Full name
THEMELIS, John C
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Greece
Hometown
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York

Military service

Service number
32676839
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
10 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Port-sur-Seille, Raucourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 24 20

Immediate family

Members
Coroneos Themelis (father)
Stella Themelis (mother)
Angelo Themelis (brother)

More information

Pfc John C. Themelis attended high school for two years and was a routeman before he enlisted in Syracuse, New York on 16 December 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, www.80thdivision.com

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