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Personal info

Full name
JONIAK, Joseph Francis
Date of birth
2 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36771523
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Amance, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 46

Immediate family

Members
Ignac Joniak (father)
Johanna (Paniak) Joniak (mother)
James Joniak (brother)
John J. Joniak (brother)
Charles A. Joniak (brother)
Johanna M. Joniak (sister)
Josephine Joniak (sister)
Eugene W. Joniak (brother)
Bernice B. (Nejman) Joniak (wife)

More information

Pfc Joseph F. Joniak was employed at the R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company before he enlisted.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Doczy Joniak Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave,com MAJ Jimmy Cotton
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