PFC. SARIYAN, Ohannes
Service number: 32470492
Age: 25
Born: 1920, Eskişehir, Eskişehir, Turkey
Hometown: Binghamton, Broome County, New York
Family:
Gulumya Sariyan (mother)
Aygul Sariyan (sister)
Arusyag Sariyan (sister)
Naomi Sariyan (sister)
Kaigouhi Sariya/Kradjian (sister), This could be sister Aygul
Kegham Kradjian (brother-in-law)
Rank: Private First Class
Function: Not available
Battalion: 23rd Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company : C Company
Date of death: April 4, 1945
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Germany
Spot: Ruhr Pocket, Germany
Awards/Commendations
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot A, Row 14, Grave 8
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Date of enlistment: August 25, 1942, Binghamton, New York
Other information:
Son of Mrs. Gulumya Sariyan, Istanbul, Turkey, PFC Sariyan immigrated to the United Stated on the ship "REX". October 6, 1936 from Naples, Italy, arriving October 15th. He received his citizenship papers while in the army.
He had sent a sister a commendation given him by his commander. It lauded the division's participation in two major operations between Dec. 17 and Jan. 25. According to the citation the division earned a record of 2,095 German soldiers killed, 1,984 wounded and 1,188 captured in the five weeks period.
He received training at Camp Carson, Col.; Camp Robinson, Ark., and Louisiana before he was shipped overseas.
His last letter was written April 1 at which time he said he was billeted in a German village for Easter.
Service number: 32470492
Age: 25
Born: 1920, Eskişehir, Eskişehir, Turkey
Hometown: Binghamton, Broome County, New York
Family:
Gulumya Sariyan (mother)
Aygul Sariyan (sister)
Arusyag Sariyan (sister)
Naomi Sariyan (sister)
Kaigouhi Sariya/Kradjian (sister), This could be sister Aygul
Kegham Kradjian (brother-in-law)
Rank: Private First Class
Function: Not available
Battalion: 23rd Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company : C Company
Date of death: April 4, 1945
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Germany
Spot: Ruhr Pocket, Germany
Awards/Commendations
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot A, Row 14, Grave 8
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Date of enlistment: August 25, 1942, Binghamton, New York
Other information:
Son of Mrs. Gulumya Sariyan, Istanbul, Turkey, PFC Sariyan immigrated to the United Stated on the ship "REX". October 6, 1936 from Naples, Italy, arriving October 15th. He received his citizenship papers while in the army.
He had sent a sister a commendation given him by his commander. It lauded the division's participation in two major operations between Dec. 17 and Jan. 25. According to the citation the division earned a record of 2,095 German soldiers killed, 1,984 wounded and 1,188 captured in the five weeks period.
He received training at Camp Carson, Col.; Camp Robinson, Ark., and Louisiana before he was shipped overseas.
His last letter was written April 1 at which time he said he was billeted in a German village for Easter.
PFC. SARIYAN, Ohannes
Service number: 32470492
Age: 25
Born: 1920, Eskişehir, Eskişehir, Turkey
Hometown: Binghamton, Broome County, New York
Family:
Gulumya Sariyan (mother)
Aygul Sariyan (sister)
Arusyag Sariyan (sister)
Naomi Sariyan (sister)
Kaigouhi Sariya/Kradjian (sister), This could be sister Aygul
Kegham Kradjian (brother-in-law)
Rank: Private First Class
Function: Not available
Battalion: 23rd Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company : C Company
Date of death: April 4, 1945
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Germany
Spot: Ruhr Pocket, Germany
Awards/Commendations
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot A, Row 14, Grave 8
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Date of enlistment: August 25, 1942, Binghamton, New York
Other information:
Son of Mrs. Gulumya Sariyan, Istanbul, Turkey, PFC Sariyan immigrated to the United Stated on the ship "REX". October 6, 1936 from Naples, Italy, arriving October 15th. He received his citizenship papers while in the army.
He had sent a sister a commendation given him by his commander. It lauded the division's participation in two major operations between Dec. 17 and Jan. 25. According to the citation the division earned a record of 2,095 German soldiers killed, 1,984 wounded and 1,188 captured in the five weeks period.
He received training at Camp Carson, Col.; Camp Robinson, Ark., and Louisiana before he was shipped overseas.
His last letter was written April 1 at which time he said he was billeted in a German village for Easter.
Service number: 32470492
Age: 25
Born: 1920, Eskişehir, Eskişehir, Turkey
Hometown: Binghamton, Broome County, New York
Family:
Gulumya Sariyan (mother)
Aygul Sariyan (sister)
Arusyag Sariyan (sister)
Naomi Sariyan (sister)
Kaigouhi Sariya/Kradjian (sister), This could be sister Aygul
Kegham Kradjian (brother-in-law)
Rank: Private First Class
Function: Not available
Battalion: 23rd Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company : C Company
Date of death: April 4, 1945
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Germany
Spot: Ruhr Pocket, Germany
Awards/Commendations
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot A, Row 14, Grave 8
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Date of enlistment: August 25, 1942, Binghamton, New York
Other information:
Son of Mrs. Gulumya Sariyan, Istanbul, Turkey, PFC Sariyan immigrated to the United Stated on the ship "REX". October 6, 1936 from Naples, Italy, arriving October 15th. He received his citizenship papers while in the army.
He had sent a sister a commendation given him by his commander. It lauded the division's participation in two major operations between Dec. 17 and Jan. 25. According to the citation the division earned a record of 2,095 German soldiers killed, 1,984 wounded and 1,188 captured in the five weeks period.
He received training at Camp Carson, Col.; Camp Robinson, Ark., and Louisiana before he was shipped overseas.
His last letter was written April 1 at which time he said he was billeted in a German village for Easter.
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from New York.
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