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Personal info

Full name
RONK, Herbert Beecher
Date of birth
14 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho
Hometown
Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho

Military service

Service number
39916834
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
Prummern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 8 15

Immediate family

Members
Charles W. Ronk (father)
Wreatha F. (Beecher) Ronk (mother)
Dorothy K. Ronk (step-mother)
Mildred R. Ronk (sister)
Charles W. Ronk Jr. (brother)
Howard W. Ronk (brother)
David C. Ronk (half brother)
Roger A. Ronk (half brother)
Annette A. (Glasier) Ronk (wife)

More information

Pfc Herbert B. Ronk graduated from Twin Falls High School in 1941 and attended McPherson College

He enlisted in Boise, Idaho on 15 June 1943.

Just before he was sent overseas he was married to Annette Glasier, at Camp Claimore, whom he had met at McPherson College.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.myheritage.nl - Twin Falls Times News, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Twin Falls High School Yearbook 1941, www.myheritage.nl - Twin Falls Times News