Additional Information
Searching on ancestry.com (don't have memberships so I cant look deeper) there are 13 enlistments for George J. Novak and One enlistment for Glenn J. Novak
No Gerard of Gerald
So the list is getting smaller -
The American Battle Monuments Commission site lists No Novak with a G as the first name other that
George B. Novak
Service # 36719302
Unit 184th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division
Rank Private U.S. Army
Entered Service From Illinois
Date of Death December 17 1944
Buried Plot L Row 16 Grave 85 Manila American Cemetery Manila American Cemetery McKinley Road, Fort Bonifacio 1634 Philippines
Now it is not impossible for them to screw up a headstone
Fortunately for Private Whitney the got it correct eventually