John G. Paluchniak (aka Paluchinak and Paluchnjak)

*No plaque located*

*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque*

Birth:  5/10/1894, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: 1439 Buhrer Ave., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 23 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Coremaker at Interstate Foundry Co., Cleveland, OH

Appearance: Height medium, Build stout, Eyes dark gray, Hair dark brown

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/23/1918; Rank Private

Service Number: 2658170

Deployment: 7/22/1918 from Brooklyn, NY aboard SS Diomed

Action: 20 Co 2 Inf Repl Regt Cp Gordon Ga to Aug 19/18; Co M 161 Inf to Aug 25/18; Co G 23 Inf to death. St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF July 22/18 to death.

Death: October 6, 1918 at age 24 [~1 month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918]; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: 10/10/1918 buried locally in France; 6/16/1919 remains reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France; 10/6/1921 remains reburied for the final time at the same aforementioned cemetery Grave 9 Row 30 Block E [no grave photo on cemetery website]

Next of Kin: Nora Bolek, aunt, 1923 Aiken Ave., Cleveland, OH (see below)

Additional Information: no definitive information found about his parents; Father may have been Jacob Paluchnjak; next of kin Aunt: Honorata (Nora) Baran Bolek (1873-1956) who had several children and was buried at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH 

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