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Personal info

Full name
SHENK, Martin Hess
Date of birth
20 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Rapho Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33802353
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
407th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
Near Baesweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 4 13

Immediate family

Members
Jacob H. Shenk (father)
Barbara Shenk (mother)
Aaron Shenk (brother)
Verna Shenk (sister)
Susie Shenk (sister)
Samuel Shenk (brother)
Henry Shenk (brother)
Frances Shenk (sister)
Blanche Shenk (sister)
Katherine (Dennison) Shenk (wife)

More information

Martin H. Shenk was employed by the Manheim Manufacturing and Belting Company.

He enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 16 October 1942 and trained at Camp Plauche, Louisiana. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, WWIIMemorial.com, Footnote, NARA, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Jewish Servicemen Card / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Intelligence Journal - 7 December 1945