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Personal info

Full name
SCHRECK, Joseph Leo
Date of birth
20 February 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Shively, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Shively, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35817232
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 7 11

Immediate family

Members
Stephan Schreck (father)
Adele (Grote) Schreck (mother)
Clarence Schreck (brother)
Claira M. Schreck (sister)
Robert C. Schreck (brother)
Richard Schreck (brother)

More information

Pfc Joseph L. Schreck graduated from St. Xavier High School.
He enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 5 September 1944 and went overseas with the infantry of the Ninth Army in January, 1945.
In the last battle Pfc Schreck picked up German hand grenades that were hurled into friendly positions, threw them back thus saving his comrades lives. He was fatally wounded negotiating a surrender.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, http://infantryozark.blogspot.nl, www.newspapers.com, WWII Draft Card, The Courier-Journal - 14 January 1945

Photo Source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Courier-Journal