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Personal info

Full name
HUNZEKER, Howard Willard
Date of birth
7 October 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Montpelier, Bear Lake County, Idaho
Hometown
Montpelier, Bear Lake County, Idaho

Military service

Service number
39927367
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 November 1944
Place of death
Near Bissert, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 17 21

Immediate family

Members
Fredrick Hunzeker (father)
Emmeline L. (Tueller) Hunzeker (mother)
Walter A. Hunzeker (brother)
Fredrick W. Hunzeker (brother)
Edith E. Hunzeker (sister)
Genevieve F. Hunzeker (sister)
Grace L. Hunzeker (sister)

More information

Pvt Howard W. Hunzeker attended high school for four years and worked on the family farm before he enlisted at Fort Douglas, Utah on 22 March 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – DeVon Hunzeker, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division

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