Grave marker for
Victor C. Churinski in Plot: J,
14502 of the Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale
(Suffolk county), New York. Victor enlisted
in the Army at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 26 October 1942.
On 23 March 1943 Pvt
Churinski was attached to Hq Hq, 508th
PIR. He was subsequently transferred to Co G on 1 April 1943.
He was listed on the Company G Morning Report as
being on leave for 12 days beginning 11 April 1943. On 23
April he was shown as returning to duty.
Pvt Churinski
does not appear on any subsequent entries but was apparently
transferred to the 506th PIR and was killed in action in Belgium,
possibly near Bastogne, on 4 January 1945. |