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Personal info

Full name
ZADNIK, Anthony Frank
Date of birth
30 September 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35914192
Rank
Private
Function
Ammunition Loader
Unit
B Company,
702nd Tank Destroyer Battalion,
1st Platoon
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
Crossing the Wurm River
Palenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Anton Zadnik (father)
Agnes (Kaprivec) Zadnik (mother)
Ägnes Zadnik (sister)
Anna (Hook) Zadnik (wife)

More information

Pvt Anthony F. Zadnik attended high school for one year. He was employed at Guarantee Specialty Company.

He married Anna Hook in Cleveland, Ohio on 11 November 1939.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 19 August 1943.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S Census Records, 1920-1940 / U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 / Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810 - 1973 / 2nd Armored Division "Hell on Wheels" Unit History, 702nd Tank Destroyer Battalion After Action Report #5, 1-4 October 1944, page 2, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p4013coll8, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Joan Champa (niece)