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KRAPF, Howard George - Date of
birth
3 October 1918 -
Age
26 -
Place of birth
Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
West Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania -
Ethnicity
White
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33481964 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
8 November 1944 - Place of
death
North of Vossenack, Hürtgen Forest, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
George E. Krapf (father)
Estella V. (Clay) Krapf (mother)
Henry H. Krapf (brother)
Grace P. Krapf (sister)
More information
Pfc Howard G. Krapf worked in a shoe factory.He enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 13 November 1942 and received his basic training at Camp Beale, California. He was later transferred to Camp Bowie, Texas. He was sent overseas in July 1944.
He was killed by enemy machinegun fire.
In addition to being memorialized on the Walls of the Missing in Margraten, Howard Krapf is also remembered on the headstone on the family grave in the Fairview Cemetery, West Catasauqua, Pennsylvania.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Butler Family Tree / Veteran Compensation Application File, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Call, History of the 12th Infantry Regiment by Col. Gerden F. Johnson
Photo source: Danny van der Groen, Aaron Vannatta, www.findagrave.com - Joe Chando