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Personal info

Full name
VOYNICK, George Warner Jr
Date of birth
29 April 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Braddock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33699311
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 September 1944
Place of death
Fôret-de-Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 12 17

Immediate family

Members
George W. Voynick (father)
Susie Voynick (mother)
Anna Voynick (sister)
Helen Voynick (sister)
Elizabeth Voynick (sister)
Bertha Voynick (sister)
Steve Voynick (brother)
Ella E. (Kish) Voynick (wife)

More information

Pvt George W. Voynick Jr. was a salesman at the Nestle Lemur Company before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 6 August 1943. He was sent overseas in March 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

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.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1930 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press 22 October 1944
Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press 22 October 1944