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Personal info

Full name
FIDLER, Mark Henry "Turk"
Date of birth
24 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Cressona, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Cressona, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33014751
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 April 1945
Place of death
Near Oberailsfeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 40 26

Immediate family

Members
Horace M. Fidler (father)
Carrie S. (Bittle) Fidler (mother)
Morris T. Fidler (brother)
Paul Fidler (brother)
Paul H. Fidler (brother)
Florence L. Fidler (sister)
Marian N. Fidler (sister)
Mary S. Fidler (sister)
Lee N. Fidler (brother)
Irma A. Fidler (sister)
Blanche B. (Peiffer) Fidler (wife)

More information

T/4 Mark H. Fidler graduated from Cresona High School where he was a baseball, basketball and foorball star.

He was a driver before he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 25 April 1942.

His brother Lee also served in Europe.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Lisa Fidler Walter, http://14thad.org

Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Call, www.findagrave.com – Joel Frampton Gilfert / Laura Phillips / Lisa Fidler Walter