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Personal info

Full name
GRENKE, Theodore Samuel
Date of birth
27 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
Hometown
Winnebago County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36960564
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 9 42

Immediate family

Members
Ruby J. (Canfield) Grenke (wife)
Mary A. Grenke (daughter)
David Grenke (son)

More information

Theodore Grenke enlisted in March 1944 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - tschultz