Database 83rd Infantry Division

Howard C Trechter (35665101)

Name Trechter, Howard C
Rank Technical Sergeant
Army Serial # 35665101
State Ohio
Date of death 1944-10-11
Plot, Row, Grave E, 4, 12
Cemetery Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium , Google Maps
Role MOS 651 Platoon Sergeant
Unit Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Awards Bronze Star Medal Purple Heart
Additional information
Technical Sergeant Trechter was a member of Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion. The morning report for October 14, 1944 on page 14 lists him as killed in action on October 11, 1944. The page can be seen below.
Morning reports
1944-07-20 SSGT Promoted to Technical Sergeant as of July 18, 1944 HQCO1BN / 330 view page
1944-10-14 TSGT Killed in action on October 11, 1944 651 HQCO1BN / 330 view page
General Orders
GO # Rank Award Page
330 / 1944 / #8 TSGT

Combat Infantry Badge awarded for exemplary conduct in action against the enemy.

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83 / 1944 / #59 TSGT

Bronze Star Medal awarded posthumously for heroic achievement.

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Various documents
Description Page
Listed in 330th Infantry Regiment Casualties and Awards: Bronze Star Medal for Heroic Achievement (posthumously) in General Order 59 as a Technical Sergeant in HQ1BN/330 87
Listed in 330th Infantry Regiment Casualties and Awards as killed in action as a Technical Sergeant in 330. 4

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