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Personal info

Full name
HARBECK, Cecil Wade
Date of birth
28 November 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa
Hometown
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37467169
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Near Scheibenhardt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 33 42

Immediate family

Members
Louis P. Harbeck (father)
Helena G. (Newsom) Harbeck (mother)
Melvin L. Harbeck (brother)
Orville L. Harbeck (brother)
Garnard E. Harbeck (brother)
Twillia Harbeck (sister)
Agnes (Van Der Bilt) Harbeck (wife)
Nettie L. Harbeck (daughter)
Wade Harbeck (son)

More information

Pfc Cecil W. Harbeck was employed by the Sioux City Brick and Tile Company before he enlisted on 21 December 1942. He was sent overseas in May 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Betty Klug Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com - Sioux City Journal 6 January 1945
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - Sioux City Journal 6 January 1945