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Personal info

Full name
HONAKER, John Tracy
Date of birth
18 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Wyoming County, West Virginia
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
35762799
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Dié, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 13 62

Immediate family

Members
James R. Honaker (father)
Ida Honaker (mother)
James R. Honaker (brother)
Mary C. Honaker (sister)
Dorothy Honaker (sister)
Charles Honaker (brother)
Anna E. Honaker (sister)

More information

Pfc John T. Honaker was employed at the Glen C. Martin aircraft Co.

He enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 29 October 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire in the neck.

His brother James Roland Honaker Jr. was killed in action on 22 February 1945 and is buried at the American War Cemetery Ardennes.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: https://newspaperarchive.com, www.findagrave - Andy