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Personal info

Full name
STENKE, Dennis Thad
Date of birth
11 December 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Polonia, Portage County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36295637
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
14 December 1944
Place of death
Near Seltz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 8 80

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Stenke (father)
Mary Stenke (mother)
Eleanor (Urbaniak) Stenke (wife)
Jerome J. Stenke (son)
Ralph P. Stenke (son)

More information

Pvt Dennis T. Stenke was a moulder before he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 7 January 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / Wisconsin Marriage Records, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
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