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Personal info

Full name
RADTKE, Ellsworth Joseph
Date of birth
8 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Marathon County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36271660
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Tank Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 13 42

Immediate family

Members
Mae E. (Schumacher) Radtke (mother)

More information

T/5 Ellsworth J. Radtke enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 3 October 1942.

He was a woodworker before he enlisted.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium on Block J, Row 1, Grave 18.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Cotton Bellamy Family Tree, www.awon.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet