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Personal info

Full name
LINKE, Frederick Herman
Date of birth
2 November 1910
Age
33
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36867096
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
Near Wormeldange, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 10 22

Immediate family

Members
Fredrick R. Linke (father)
Bessie (Vogel) Linke (mother)
Marion Linke (sister)
Evelyn Linke (sister)
Carl Linke (brother)
Alfred Linke (brother)
Helen Linke (sister)
Robert W. Linke (brother)
Peter Linke (brother)
Trudell B. (Fetterman) Linke (wife)
Arlis Linke (daughter)
Barbara Linke (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Frederick H. Linke joined his unit from the 41st Replacement Battalion on 17 July 1944.

His brothers Carl, Robert and Peter also served.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920/1940/1950 Census, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org – After Action Report

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.ancestry.com - albert polansky, The Detroit News - 2 October 1945