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SGT Marcel C Poelker

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SGT Marcel C Poelker

Birth
Death
25 Sep 1951 (aged 23)
North Korea
Burial
Affton, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec. 19, Lot 356
Memorial ID
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Marcel was a member of the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division and was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on September 25, 1951.

Sergeant Poelker was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Marcel was a member of the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division and was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on September 25, 1951.

Sergeant Poelker was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Inscription

Co. C. 23rd Reg. 2nd Div.
Gave His Life on Heartbreak Ridge
Korea


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  • Maintained by: Susan Ing
  • Originally Created by: Lorie
  • Added: Feb 9, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47895504/marcel_c-poelker: accessed ), memorial page for SGT Marcel C Poelker (26 Aug 1928–25 Sep 1951), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47895504, citing Resurrection Cemetery, Affton, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Susan Ing (contributor 47043987).