Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
BODA, John
Date of birth
18 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Springdale, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33397071
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Uerdingen-Krefeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 17 11

Immediate family

Members
Michael Boda Sr. (father)
Susan Boda (mother)
Michael Boda (brother)
Joe Boda (brother)
Viola Boda (sister)

More information

Pfc John Boda attended Butler High School.

He enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 24 October 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File / 1930 Census / Veterans Burial Card / Church and Town Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, Margaret Hewitt - Butler Area Public Library