US PARAS Truken, John

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Truken ​

• FORENAME

John ​

• UNIT

513 Parachute Infantry Regiment ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

20137738 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

8th January 1945 ​

• AGE

25​

• GRAVESITE

Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Connecticut, USA​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from New London County, Connecticut​

born 24.09.1918, Cliffside, New Jersey, USA​

mother Audokia Trucken​

wife Betty A. (nee Kennedy) Trucken (1920-2020)​

3 years high school​

civil occupation semiskilled driver​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

15.10.1940 entered service Fort H G Wright Fisher Island, New York​

10.1941 discharged​

17.10.1941 draft card New London, Connecticut​

02.1942 entered service 706th Military Police​

12.1943 transferred Air Force​

04.1944 transferred Infantry​

07.1944 volunteered Paratroopers​

KIA NW Europe ​

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