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Personal info

Full name
VUKOTICH, John
Date of birth
29 April 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota
Hometown
Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota

Military service

Service number
37152645
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 February 1945
Place of death
Hottorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 13 7

Immediate family

Members
John Vukotich (father)
Frances V. Kovacevich (mother)
Peter Kovacevich (step-father)
Anthony Vukotich (brother)
Ann Vukotich (sister)
Mary Kovacevich (half-sister)
Helen Kovacevich (half-sister)
Florence Kovacevich (half-sister)
Jimmy Kovacevich (half-brother)
Peter Kovacevich (half-brother)

More information

Pfc. John Vukotich was employed by the Homestake Mining company for a time and by the Canyon Corporation at Maitland. He had also been employed by the Pavlovich and Becich groceries.

He enlisted on 18 March 1943 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Black Hills Weekly, Sheila Hansen, Mary Hantz, (niece)

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Lead Daily Call