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Personal info

Full name
HETRICH, Warren Kenneth
Date of birth
21 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Stony Creek Mills, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33828465
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
North of Cologne, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 9 36

Immediate family

Members
Luther H. Hetrich (father)
Edith P. (Bankes) Hetrich (mother)
Miriam P. Hetrich (sister)
Richard C. Hetrich (brother)

More information

T/5 Warren K. Hetrich attended high school for four years.

He enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on 2 July 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Veteran Compensation Application File

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Amandine Jaunet - Henri-Chapelle Cemetery Associate