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Personal info

Full name
HOUDEK, Joe B
Date of birth
12 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Butler County, Nebraska
Hometown
Richardson, Butler County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37751277
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
Near Nürnberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 36 24

Immediate family

Members
Charles J. Houdek (father)
Mary A. (Ruzicka) Houdek (mother)
Regina Houdek (sister)
Raymond Houdek (brother)
Rita D. Houdek (sister)
Edmond Houdek (brother)
Jerome J. Houdek (brother)
Charles Houdek (brother)
Margaret Houdek (sister)

More information

Pfc Joe B. Houdek worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 30 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Headstone Applications for Military Veterans / Matulka Family Tree / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.newspaper.com