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Personal info

Full name
SCHENK, Richard Clayton
Date of birth
24 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32843128
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
15 May 1945
Place of death
Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 27 11

Immediate family

Members
Clarence W. Schenk (father)
Margaret M. (Foley) Schenk (mother)
Clarence P. Schenk (brother)
Beatrice M. Schenk (sister)
Ronald J. Schenk (brother)

More information

Pfc Richard C. Schenk attended high school for one year and was employed at the McIntosh Motors before he enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 17 March 1943.

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 / Foley Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett

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