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Personal info

Full name
RUNKLE, Hugh Van
Date of birth
26 June 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Doddsville, McDonough County, Illinois
Hometown
McDonough County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36307006
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 February 1945
Place of death
Luxembourg, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 15 20

Immediate family

Members
George N. Runkle (father)
Lizzie (Swearingen) Runkle (mother)
Charles V. Runkle (brother)
Anna M. Runkle (sister)
James I. Runkle (brother)

More information

Hugh V. Runkle graduated from Monmouth College in 1936.

T/5 Hugh V. Runkle enlisted in Chicago, illinois on 27 November 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

He is remembered at Doddsville Cemetery in Doddsville, McDonough County, Illinois.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com - Bessie, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/513/513_honor_kz.html, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Swearingen Long Caldwell Griffith Trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Evanston Township High School Illinois 1932