Walter H Kreke

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Serial number36054180

Birth year1915

RankT/5

Unit20th Engineer Combat Battalion, Company B

Date of death1944-06-06

LocationFox Green

The story

T/5 Walter Kreke was killed in action on 06 June 1944, serving with Company B, 20th Engineer Combat Battalion.

This location is an estimated position — the most specific place recorded in the source — not an exact spot.

Source: NARA

Estimated position (sector-level), shown here with nearby casualties.

No digitized documents are attached to this record yet.

Enlistment date1942-02-02

Coordinates49.364024, -0.84161 (sector estimate)

MR date reported1944-06-06

MR page1

Confidence levelEstimated (sector-level)

Source: US National Archives, Record Group 64 "Records of the National Archives and Records Administration", Series "Morning Reports, 1940-1946"

Same company (20ENG-B), 1944-06-06 — 2 other soldiers lost that day