Raymond Michael Fackler 11/10/1918- 1996(not sure of month and day)
Born and raised in Hornerstown, PA. It’s really an extremely little burg outside of Hummelstown. They did have a store, church, hotel, and schoolhouse. My dad was the oldest of 11.
He was in France and England. 80th Infantry Division 8th Air-force. PFC. JTRC training in Spartansburg South Carolina. While serving in France he wrote that he saw a friend shot in the attack on a mountain, Mt. Saint Jeans.
Before he was drafted, he was working at Harrisburg Steel Company making bombs. He also wrote he trained in Sioux Falls South Dakota airfield.