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Personal info

Full name
SCHENK, Earl Miller
Date of birth
17 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36266002
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Grosskampenberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 13 34

Immediate family

Members
Charles K. Schenk (father)
Irene (Mueller) Schenk (mother)
Carl Schenk (brother)
Gordon Schenk (brother)
Lucille (Condella) Schenk (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Earl M. Schenk enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 14 September 1942.

His initial burial took place on Fosse Temporary American Military Cemetery, Namur, Belgium.

Source of information: André Koch, 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 / 1930/1940 Census / Schenk Family Tree / U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Records 1875-1940.

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