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Personal info

Full name
KREHER, Howard Philip
Date of birth
2 October 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36647855
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 24 49

Immediate family

Members
Jacob Kreher (father)
Mathilda (Launhardt) Kreher (mother)
Elsie Kreher (sister)
Donald R. Kreher (brother)

More information

Pvt Howard P. Kreher was employed at the Magnaflux Corporation before he enlisted on 16 April 1942.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Megan Mattingly Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Daily Herald 6 October 1944