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Personal info

Full name
BERKEN, Richard Walter
Date of birth
11 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Brown County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36840065
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 23 1

Immediate family

Members
Theodore Berken (father)
Alberta (Berendson) Berken (mother)
Robert J. Berken (brother)
Patricia D. Berken (sister)
Thomas Berken (brother)
Donald Berken (brother)
Theodore Berken (brother)
Raymond Berken (brother)
Gerald Berken (brother)

More information

Pfc Richard W Berken graduated from the Wrightstown High School in 1942. He was employed as a machinist at the C.A. Lawton Company.

He enlisted on 19 January 1944 and was sent overseas in July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.newspapers.com - Green Bay Press-Gazette, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Green Bay Press-Gazette