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Personal info

Full name
WODEK, John
Date of birth
10 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35068985
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
413th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 February 1945
Place of death
Birkesdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 9 48

Immediate family

Members
John Wodek (father)
Josephine (Osiecka) Wodek (mother)
Helen Wodek (sister)
Joe Wodek (brother)
Janette Wodek (sister)
Stanley Wodek (brother)
Genevie Wodek (sister)

More information

Pfc John Wodek was a mechanic.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 8 July 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, Cleveland Public Library Necrology File

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