Name:
Karl Schecter
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
32863593
Unit:
294th Engineer Combat Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-06-20
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, France
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Karl Schecter entered the military service in New York. He served in the 294th Engineer Combat Battalion as a Private First Class during World War II. He was Killed in Action but was declared "Missing" on June 20, 1944 and his name is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France.