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Personal info

Full name
SAAKE, Harry Albert Jr
Date of birth
1 February 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California

Military service

Service number
14007444
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
Medical Detachment,
289th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 March 1945
Place of death
Rheinberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 18 13

Immediate family

Members
Harry A. Saake (father)
Frances P. (South) Saake (mother)
Edith N. Saake (wife)

More information

Sgt Harry A. Saake Jr. attended high school for 4 years and was a clerk.

He joined the Regular Army at Fort Jackson Columbia, South Carolina on 19 August 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://75thdivisiondad.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone Inscription and Interment Record ‏/ Birth Index, www.newspapers.com - The San Bernardino County Sun 26 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Stanley R. Knox