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Personal info

Full name
SIMEK, Rudolph Robert
Date of birth
16 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36322550
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Near Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 8 17

Immediate family

Members
Emanuel Simek (father)
Mary (Kucera) Simek (mother)

More information

Cpl Rudolph R. Simek was a farmworker.

He enlisted at Camp Grant, Illinois, on 2 March 1942.

Cpl Simek, when crossing a field, was hit by machine-gun fire and died a short time later.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, wwiimemorial, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, https://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/507/507_honor_st.html, www.ancestry.com - Cook County Illinois Birth Index, The McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, Illinois) - 3 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, Illinois)