Porter County Data on World War II Casualties . . . .Thomas W. AuckPrivate First Class, Company F, 2nd Bn, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82 Airborne Division (Special Forces)Date of Birth: 1924Date of Death: February 2, 1945Burial: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery (Plot C, Row 8, Grave 4), Henri-Chapelle, BelgiumCause of Death: Killed in ActionDate of Enlistment: March 25, 1943Awards: Purple HeartHometown: ValparaisoNewspaper Notices:Thomas Auck Is Killed In ActionPfc. Thomas Auck, 20, a paratrooper, was killed in action in Germany on February 2, according to a telegram received today by his mother, Mrs. Philip Pfersick, of this city.Auck was graduated from Valparaiso high school in 1942, and attended Valparaiso university for a short time before entering the service in March 1943.He received his training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Shreveport, La., and Camp Breckenridge, Ky. He had been overseas four months._
Name is featured on the Valparaiso WW2 Roll of Honor, currently on display at the PoCo Muse in Valparaiso, Indiana.
Name is featured on the Valparaiso WW2 Roll of Honor, currently on display at the PoCo Muse in Valparaiso, Indiana.
Porter County Data on World War II Casualties . . . .Thomas W. AuckPrivate First Class, Company F, 2nd Bn, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82 Airborne Division (Special Forces)Date of Birth: 1924Date of Death: February 2, 1945Burial: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery (Plot C, Row 8, Grave 4), Henri-Chapelle, BelgiumCause of Death: Killed in ActionDate of Enlistment: March 25, 1943Awards: Purple HeartHometown: ValparaisoNewspaper Notices:Thomas Auck Is Killed In ActionPfc. Thomas Auck, 20, a paratrooper, was killed in action in Germany on February 2, according to a telegram received today by his mother, Mrs. Philip Pfersick, of this city.Auck was graduated from Valparaiso high school in 1942, and attended Valparaiso university for a short time before entering the service in March 1943.He received his training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Shreveport, La., and Camp Breckenridge, Ky. He had been overseas four months._
Name is featured on the Valparaiso WW2 Roll of Honor, currently on display at the PoCo Muse in Valparaiso, Indiana.
Name is featured on the Valparaiso WW2 Roll of Honor, currently on display at the PoCo Muse in Valparaiso, Indiana.
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