Missing information?
Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?
Submit- Full
name
RATHKA, Henry Edwin Jr "Buddy" - Date of
birth
18 January 1924 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio -
Hometown
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35546745 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
18 April 1945 - Place of
death
Ehingen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 8 | 79 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Henry E. Rathka (father)
Mary E. (Wenzel) Rathka (mother)
Margaret L. Rathka (sister)
Mary Rathka (sister)
Alberta M. Rathka (sister)
Florence J. Rathka (sister)
Alice C. Rathka (sister)
More information
Pfc Henry E. Rathka Jr. attended high school for three years and was employed at the Di Salle Plating Company before he enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 12 February 1943.He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his buttock and hip.
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 / Richard Kapff Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Vonkapff / Sandie Ebeling Sayger