Soldiers Overview

Dirks, Henry W.
Date of Birth April 6, 1909
Hometown/County Coatsburg/Adams County
State Illinois 
Rank Staff Sergeant 
ASN 36024194 
Unit  87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron Mechanized
Company/Troop Troop B 
MOS Code 651, Platoon Sergeant 
KIA/DOW/MIA DOW, November 5, 1944, 48th Field Hospital, Tongeren, Belgium 
Last Duty Location November 4, 1944, Kreijel/Waatskamp road, near Ospel 
Awards Purple Heart
Silver Star (Posthumousley) 
Next of Kin

Anna Dirks (Mother)
Henry Dirks (Father)

Heipka Dirks (Sister)

Marie Wilhelmine Dirks (Sister)

Ann Sophia Dirks (Sister)

Buried at Gray Cemetery, Coatsburg, Adams County, Illinois, USA
Grave No.  
Adopter  
Photo's: Soldier: Joann M. Sewell
Grave: Michael John Neill
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