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._
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._
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PFC 504 PRCHT INF 83 ABN DIV INDIANA
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