Grave
marker for John E. Sternesky in Plot: A 158 of the Finns
Point National Cemetery, Pennsville, Salem county, NJ.
John enlisted in the Army on 3/9/1943 in New
York city, NY and volunteered for parachutist duty.
He was a member of I Company, 508th PIR
and parachuted into France on June 6, 1944. He was
awarded Bronze Star Medal and the Combat Infantryman Badge
(CIB) for participating in Normandy assault. |