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GUCKENBERGER, George A - Date of
birth
6 October 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Cincinatti, Hamilton County, Ohio -
Hometown
Hamilton County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
15117114 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
14 January 1945 - Place of
death
Foy, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| E | 13 | 1 |
Immediate family
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Members
George Guckenberger (father)
Bessie (Trimble) Guckenberger (mother)
Jean Guckenberger (sister)
Anne Guckenberger (sister)
Mary E. Guckenberger (sister)
More information
George A. Guckenberger's father arrived in America from Germany in 1893 at the age of fifteen.He was a painter in construction and maintenance.
He volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 21 August 1942.
He had been overseas for 18 months.
He previously missed out on the invasion in France because of a leg fracture suffered in a jump in England in May 1944.
Pfc Guckenberger's iconic photo of him standing in Thomas Pease's foxhole made the cover of Time magazine on 12 January 1945. His life ended at that spot two days later.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com,
www.archives.gov, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - The Cincinnati Enquirer, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census
Photo source: Frank Gubbels, http://old.506infantry.org, They Speak: voices of Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery
