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PLATT, Alex L - Date of
birth
1 September 1923 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Bradford County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33462312 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
7 September 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Heer, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Floyd Platt (father)
Elma Platt (mother)
Leon Platt (brother)
Joseph Platt (brother)
Stanley Platt (brother)
More information
Sgt Alex L. Platt enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 2 February 1943.Most likely Sgt Platt went missing In action during the crossing of the Meuse river. A report indicates Sgt Platt, together with Pfc Robert L. Kahn (HQ Company, 2nd Battalion), disappeared on 6 September 1944 in the vicinity of Heer, Belgium when his unit, F Company, was cut off by enemy forces. The company was driven into a wooded section and subjected to continuous point blank gunfire by enemy tanks, machine guns and mortars. Later, a search of the area failed to reveal the whereabouts of both men.
Sgt Platt was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
All of his four brothers also served during the war.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Erwin Derhaag, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://9thinfantrydivision.net, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census
Photo source: Astrid van Erp, http://9thinfantrydivision.net - Erwin Derhaag