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Personal info

Full name
TABOIKA, Benjamin Adam "Bennie"
Date of birth
1 March 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Ernest, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35007434
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 September 1944
Place of death
Mairy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 22 42

Immediate family

Members
Adam Taboika (father)
Anna (Laskowski) Taboika (mother)
Constance Taboika (sister)
Stanley Taboika (brother)
Charlotte Taboika (sister)
Lottie H. Taboika (sister)
Walter E. Taboika (brother)
Bertha I. Taboika (sister)
Frank Taboika (brother)
Joseph P. Taboika (brother)

More information

T/5 Benjamin A. Taboika enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 1 February 1941.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Champigneul, France.

All his brothers also served.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Mills Forgus Family Tree / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, The Indiana Gazette 30 July 1942, The Cleveland Plain Dealer - 23 September 1944