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Personal info

Full name
RUNGE, John Michael
Date of birth
6 May 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Alious, Hungary
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32863941
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 November 1944
Place of death
Wylerbaan, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 2 35

Immediate family

Members
Anna Runge (wife)

More information

Pfc John M. Runge was employed at Lily Tulip Cup Corp.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 15 March 1943.

He was killed during a midnight patrol to Bedburg-Hau, Germany.

According the a German record, he was initially buried at the cemetery of Bedburg-Hau and disinterred by occupation forces on 19 March 1946. On this record his date of death was noted as 4 November 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.marketgarden.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, www.bklyn.newspaper.com - Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 4 May 1945, Europe, Registration of Foreigners and German Persecutees, 1939-1947, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com