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Personal info

Full name
LUCHT, Arno Albert
Date of birth
8 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Hometown
West Allis, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36239366
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 16 13

Immediate family

Members
Herman A. Lucht (father)
Emma D. (Bruhn) Lucht (mother)
Evelyn Lucht (sister)
Raymond H. Lucht (brother)

More information

T/5 Arno A. Lucht attended West Allis High School where he was on the wrestling team. He was employed at the U.S. Post Office as a mail carrier.

He enlisted at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 30 March 1942.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: West Allis High School yearbook, 1936