Katonik, Paul Joseph
- Date of birth:
- January 22nd, 1918 (Munhall/Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the United States of America)
- Date of death:
- September 20th, 1944 (Nijmegen/Gelderland province, the Netherlands)
- Service number:
- 33710365
- Nationality:
- American
Biography
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Purple Heart
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- HQ Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Awarded for:
- Operation Market Garden
Posthumously awarded
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- HQ Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- HQ Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- HQ Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- HQ Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- HQ Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
Sources
- Photo 1: Findagrave.com by Stanley Tykarski
- - LUNTEREN, F. VAN, The Battle of the Bridges, Casemate, 2017.
- STEENBERGER, D. e.a., De Oversteek, De Gelderlander, Nijmegen, 2013.
- https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=31583
- https://www.oorlogsdodennijmegen.nl/persoon/katonik/62cf41f4-a614-4c3c-a74a-76bb9d7ce34a
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78258909/paul-joseph-katonik
- https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=paul+joseph_katonik
- https://www.honorstates.org/profiles/420417/
- https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/87546-66-years-ago-today-operation-market-garden/#comment-640609
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