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Personal info

Full name
FECHUCH, Phillip
Date of birth
5 December 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
32977423
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
6 December 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Mathew Fechuch (father)
Anna (Gutz) Fechuch (mother)
Anna Fechuch (sister)
Andrew Fechuch (brother)
Fred Fechuch (brother)
Mary Fechuch (half sister)
Demetrius Fechuch (half brother)

More information

Pvt Phillip Fechuch enlisted in New York City, New York on 17 June 1943.

He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Draft Card, 1930/1940 US Census

Photo source: Danny van der Groen, Fred Fechuch (brother)