Name:
Peter Kurchock
Rank:
Technician 5th Grade
Serial Number:
33485653
Unit:
2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion
Date of Death:
1990-04-17
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Laureldale Cemetery, Tuckerton, Pennsylvania
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Peter Kurchock was born in 1920. He enlisted in the Army on December 21, 1942 in Pennsylvania. Peter was one of the Greek-American volunteers who served in Company C, 2671 Special Reconnaissance Battalion, an OSS operational group. This "Greek Battalion" aided the Greek armed resistance in 1944 in their fight against the occupying and then withdrawing German Army. He died at the age of 70.