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Personal info

Full name
SCHENKE, Harold Benjamin
Date of birth
22 June 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Colony Township, Delaware County, Iowa
Hometown
Colony Township, Delaware County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37691258
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 January 1945
Place of death
Nothum, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 16 73

Immediate family

Members
Edward B. Schenke (father)
Anna H. (Koopman) Schenke (mother)
Edna Schenke (sister)
Russell Schenke (brother)
Harvey Schenke (brother)
Esther Schenke (sister)
Edgar Schenke (brother)
Helen Schenke (sister)

More information

Harold Schenke completed four years of high school and worked as a farmer.

He enlisted in Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa on 25 February 1944.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Dennis Morley Family Tree / 1920/1930 Census, The Telegraph-Herald - Apr 11, 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Roger Handke