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Personal info

Full name
SPACK, Michael
Date of birth
7 June 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Winslow, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York

Military service

Service number
32238241
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 February 1945
Place of death
Bergerhausen, Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 10 21

Immediate family

Members
John Spack Sr. (father)
Catherine (Reijter) Spack (mother)
Mary Spack (sister)
John Spack Jr. (brother)
Julia Spack (sister)
Nicolas Spack (brother)
Olga Spack (sister)
Eli Spack (brother)
Irene A. Spack (sister)
Catherine Spack (sister)
Theodore M. Spack (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Michael Spack was a waiter before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 17 February 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Smith Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Diane Holzman