1st Lt. Ewald Martin Rodeck
Born: 26 July 1912 – Watertown, Wisconsin
Parents: Reinhold & Ida Rodeck
– father died when he was a child
Siblings: 6 brothers
Home:
– 443 Elgin Avenue – Forest Park, Illinois
Education:
– St. John Lutheran School
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1931
– University of Chicago
– Bachelors Degree – 1935
Occupation: Sales Manager – Meyercord Company, Chicago, Illinois
Selective Service Registration: 16 October 1940
Contact Person: Ida F. Rodeck – mother
Residence: 1136 Ontario Street – Oak Park, Illinois
Inducted:
– U.S. Army
– 13 July 1942 – Chicago, Illinois
– Officer Candidate School
Serial Number: O&01181433
Training:
– Atlantic City, New Jersey
Unit: Company B, 386th Field Artillery, 104th Infantry Division
– 17 August 1944 – sailed for England
Engagements:
– landed in France – 7 September 1944
Killed in Action:
– 25 October 1944 – Belgium
– in an outpost in Belgium near Aachen, Germany, directing artillery fire
– hit by German artillery fire
Buried:
– 1947 – Concordia Cemetery – Forest Park, Illinois
Medals:
– Purple Heart
