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Personal info

Full name
RIECK, Cyril L
Date of birth
18 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Dwight, Livingston County, Illinois
Hometown
Livingston County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36327392
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 March 1945
Place of death
Near Cologne, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 2 50

Immediate family

Members
Alfred A. Rieck (father)
Pearl Rieck (mother)
La Verne Rieck (brother)
Luelle Rieck (sister)

More information

Cyril L. Rieck attended Reddick Community High School and he was a chauffeur, employed by Cloverleaf Freight Lines in Detroit.

He enlisted at Camp Grant, Illinois on 27 March 1942 and was sent overseas in November 1943.

He was previously reported slightly wounded on 12 Jan 1945 in Belgium and had returned to his unit two days before he was killed.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com – The Pantagraph

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Anna M. Lovdahl (niece)