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Personal info

Full name
HOUCK, Wallace Gentry
Date of birth
27 February 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Ashe County, North Carolina
Hometown
Todd, Ashe County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34175123
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Honskirch, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 26 31

Immediate family

Members
Gurna P. Houck (father)
Flora L. (Gentry) Houck (mother)
Clinton P. Houck (brother)
Winnie L. Houck (sister)
Henry Houck (brother)
Mary N. Houck (sister)
Kathleen S. Houck (sister)
Glenna Houck (sister)
Beulah C. (Scott) Houck (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Wallace G. Houck attended high school for four years before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 27 November 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

He is also remembered at the Bethany United Methodist Church Cemetery in West Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Fortner Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Richard Jordan, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Richard Jordan