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Personal info

Full name
SPECK, Raymond Lee
Date of birth
25 December 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Minden, Fayette County, West Virginia
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36628745
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
3rd Battalion,
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
27 September 1944
Place of death
Kiekberg Woods, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 18 2

Immediate family

Members
George Speck (father)
Anna G. (Weeks) Speck (mother)
James Speck (brother)
Ruth Speck (sister)
Mable Speck (sister)
Oles Speck (brother)
Creed Speck (brother)

More information

Pfc Raymond L Speck is buried at Margraten US War Cemetery, The Netherlands on 2 March 1946.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Margraten, Block BBB, Row 3, Grave 64.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Dennis Higgins, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / West Virginia Births Index / Dennis Higgins Family Tree, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, Market Garden

Photo source: Market Garden, Dennis Higgins