NAME: Tony F. Gornek
ASN: 36765150
PLACE OF BIRTH: Summit, IL
DATE OF BIRTH: 18 Apr 1919
DATES OF SERVICE: 28 Aug 1943 - 07 Jan 1946
UNIT ASSIGNED:
B Company, 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion
E Company, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
CAMPAIGNS: Rome-Arno, Southern France, Ardennes-Alsace, Rhineland, Central Europe
AWARDS: Parachutist Badge, Combat Infantryman Badge, Marksmanship badge with rifle bar, Three Overseas Service Bars, EAME Campaign Medal with arrowhead and one silver campaign star, Good Conduct Medal, Purple Heart Medal (GO8 14 Feb 45), Distinguished Unit Citation, World War II Victory Medal
SUMMARY OF SERVICE:
07 Aug 1943 - Inducted into the service
28 Aug 1943 - Enlisted at Camp Grant, IL
21 Apr 1944 - Departed the US for ETO
11 May 1944 - Arrived ETO
15 Aug 1944 - Particpated in Operation Dragoon the invasion of Southern France
23 Jan 1945 - Wounded in Action, Belgium
00 May 1945 - Smallpox, Typhoid, Tetnus immunization
14 Feb 1945 - Pvt. Tony F. Gornek, GO # 8 Under the provisions of AR 600-45, dtd 22 September 1943, the Purple Heart is awarded to the following for wounds received in action against the enemy. TONY F. GORNEK, 36 765 150, Pvt, Co "B", 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion, 23 January 1945, Belgium. Entered service from Summit, Ill.
11 Dec 1945 - Departed ETO for US
31 Dec 1945 - Arrived US
07 Jan 1946 - Honorably Discharged as Staff Sergeant, Seperation Camp Grant, IL, Continental Service: 0 years 7 months, 29 days, Foriegn Service: 1 year 8 months, 11 days
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