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Personal info

Full name
DRACKLY, Anthony
Date of birth
17 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33371416
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
21st Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
2 January 1945
Place of death
Walferdange, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 6 19

Immediate family

Members
William Drackly (father)
John Drackly (brother)
Goldie P. (Gabriel) Drackly (wife)
William A. Drackly (son)

More information

Pfc Anthony Drackly attended high school for two years and was employed at the Spicer’s Manufacturing Corporation before he enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 7 November 1942.
He was reported wounded in action by artillery shell fragments on 24 December 1944 in the vicinity of Bastogne, Belgium and died in the 42nd Field Hospital that was stationed in Walferdange at that time.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Mr. John Drackly, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania WWII Veteran Compensation Application Files / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery