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Personal info

Full name
RECK, Harold
Date of birth
12 July 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
North Bergen, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
North Bergen, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32911835
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 March 1945
Place of death
Aegidienberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 3 49

Immediate family

Members
Emily C. Reck (wife)
Virginia Reck (daughter)

More information

Pvt Harold Reck enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 6 April 1943.

He worked in a store before he enlisted.

Pvt Harold Reck was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri Chapelle Block J4, Row 10, Grave 186.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet