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Personal info

Full name
VOLK, Urban George
Date of birth
19 November 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Clay County, Illinois
Hometown
Newton, Jasper County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36698406
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
397th Infantry Regiment,
100th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rimling, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 28 9

Immediate family

Members
William L. Volk (father)
Sophia M (Dorn) Volk (mother)
Raymond Volk (brother)
Clarence Volk (brother)
Anette E. Volk (sister)
Delbert E. Volk (brother)
Kathryn M. Volk (sister)
Corneilus H. Volk (brother)
William A. Volk (brother)
Joseph J. Volk (brother)
Albert Volk (brother)
Lucile M. Volk (sister)
Odillo E. Volk (brother)
Gilbert Volk (brother)
Allean A. Bangert (wife)
Gloria J. Volk (daughter)

More information

Pfc Urban G. Volk married Allean Bangert in Wendelin, Clay County, Illinois, on August 27 1941. She later remarried in 1949.

Pfc Urban G. Volk entered the service in August 1943. His wife first received word that Urban Volk had been missing in action in France on January 7 1945.

Source of information: Yannick, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – U.S. Headstone and Interment Records, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – Journal Gazette 25 January 1945, Quad-City Times 31 July 1985, ‘Regiment of the Century: The Story of the 397th Infantry Regiment’
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – P. Moreno, www.honorstates.org