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Personal info

Full name
PECK, Herman Ernest
Date of birth
28 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Greenwood, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Blair County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33081055
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
Kiekberg Woods, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 4 11

Immediate family

Members
Earnest P. Peck (father)
Ruth C. (Perry) Peck (mother)
Gladys J. Peck (sister)
Mary (Stoner) Peck (wife)

More information

Herman Peck graduated from Altoona High School in 1935. He was employed in the steel shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.

He enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 4 June 1941 and was stationed at Washington D.C. as a guard for a time. After serving at Fort Benning, Georgia as a mortar gun instructor, he was sent overseas..

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, the Netherlands. on 9 October 1944.

Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, www.marketgarden.com

Photo source: www.ancestry.com, www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet