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Personal info

Full name
LOREK, Fred F
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36348393
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 September 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 94

Immediate family

Members
Herman O. Lorek (father)
Hermine M. (Bleidl) Lorek (mother)
Anna Lorek (sister)
Mary Lorek (sister)
Hermine M. Lorek (sister)
Mamie Lorek (sister)
Lucille Lorek (sister)
Louise Lorek (sister)
Ida Lorek (sister)
Margaret A. Lorek (sister)
Herman M. Lorek (brother)
Helen Lorek (sister)
Carl Lorek (brother)
Oscar R. Lorek (brother)
Raymond Lorek (brother)
Ethel Lorek (sister)

More information

Sgt Fred F. Lorek enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 11 June 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire in his loin.

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.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Amber Wrona Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

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