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Personal info

Full name
MODERHAK, William F Jr
Date of birth
27 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas
Hometown
Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
17056757
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
Medical Detachment,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 7 57

Immediate family

Members
William F. Moderhak (father)
Harriet E. (Shelly) Moderhak (mother)
Eleanor Moderhak (sister)
Anna M. Moderhak (sister)
Jane Moderhak (sister)
Joan E. (McClure) Moderhak (wife)

More information

Pfc William F. Moderhak Jr. was a chauffeur.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 6 March 1942.

He was killed killed by an anti-personnel mine.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com – Eric Ackerman, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/505/505_honor_mo.html, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com