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Personal info

Full name
SPALTE, Theodore
Date of birth
6 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Guttenberg, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32154024
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
628th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Werbomont, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 9 16

Immediate family

Members
Frederick Spalte (father)
Ida Spalte (mother)
Robert Spalte (brother)
Alice Spalte (sister)

More information

Theodore Spalte graduated from high school before he enlisted on 8 April 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, History of the 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion 1941-1945, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.org, www.5ad.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / WWII Enlistment Record, 628th After Action report - January 1945

Photo source: Jac Engels, Erwin Derhaag - History of the 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion 1941-1945