RANGERS Striker, Herbert Leroy

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Striker ​

• FORENAME

Herbert Leroy ("Buddy")​

• UNIT

5 Ranger Bn ​

• RANK

Technician Fifth Class ​

• NUMBER

33426844 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

17th September 1944 ​

• AGE

21 ​

• GRAVESITE

West Glade Run Presbyterian Cemetery, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, USA​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Freeport, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania​

born 15.9.1923, Tarentum, Pennsylvania, USA​

father Raymond Alfred Striker (1904-1992)​

mother Nelda Mildred (nee Butler) Striker (1905-2000)​

4 years high school​

1942 graduated Freeport High School​

civil occupation unskilled nonprocess occupations in manufacturing​

employed by Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

30.06.1942 draft card South Buffalo, Pennsylvania​

17.02.1943 entered service Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania​

KIA France (Brest campaign) ​

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