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Personal info

Full name
STRUNK, Howard Max
Date of birth
26 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Whitley City, McCreary County, Kentucky
Hometown
Cumberland Falls, McCreary County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
15063858
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 63

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Strunk (father)
Ora Strunk (mother)
Pearl T. Strunk (sister)
Charles E. Strunk (brother)
Eva T. Strunk (sister)
Wilbur Strunk (brother)

More information

Pfc Howard M. Strunk was a miner before he joined in the Regular Army at Fort Thomas on 29 October 1940.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. James, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / Kentucky Birth Index / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Wayne & Diane King