David Nicholas Reck 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 21 Apr 1911 - Armstrong Co., Texas
    Christening: 
          Death: 18 Nov 1943 - Italy ( at age 32) 2
         Burial: in Claude, Armstrong Co., Texas
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: John Peter Reck (1858-1942) 1
         Mother: Madelaine Christine Pacher (1875-1930) 1
Notes
General:
David N. Reck enlisted at Lubbock, Texas February 7, 1941. He was killed in Europe in 1943.

Copied from Find a Grave (David Nichols Reck):

The body of David N. Reck, 32, is being returned to Claude for final burial from an Italian cemetery.

Final services will be held 2:30 Wednesday in the First Baptist church, Claude, for Reck who was killed Nov. 18, 1943 at the Anzio beachhead in Italy. He was born in Claude April 21, 1911 and enlisted Feb. 7, 1940. He was a member of Company D. 142 Infantry Division and served as a French interpreter from the time he reached Northern Africa to the time of his death.

He was graduated from Claude high school in 1930 and worked in the Panhandle area. His parents both came from Bacarrat, France, and his father moved to Claude in 1893.

Survivors include Sam Reck, his twin brother of Phillips; Henry Reck, Borger and also brothers: Alfred, John, Frank, and Ray, of Claude. Reck's body will arrive in Claude Tuesday from Fort Worth and interment will be in the Claude cemetery Wednesday.

(Published in Borger News Herald, March 6, 1949)

TEXAS BIRTH CERTIFICATE Vol. 2, Page 110, Cert. 303:

Affidavit of J. P. Reck 14 May 1941:
David Nichols Reck, a twin, was born 21 Apr 1911 in Claude, Armstrong Co., Texas.
Father: John Pierre Reck, Claude, Texas, farmer, age 53, born in France
Mother: Madeline Christine Reck, Claude, Texas, housewife, age 39, born in France

The name in this typewritten affidavit is clearly "David Nichols Reck". However, his name was almost certainly "Nicholas" (his grandfather's name) rather than "Nichols". "Nichols" was probably a mistake on the part of the clerk who typed the certificate. On 17 Sep 2024 his niece Lou Jeanne Reck Owen told me, without any prompting from me, that she thought his name was "Nicholas". A facsimile copy can be seen at

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/922103%3A2275

TEXAS BIRTH INDEX, 1903-1997:

Name: David Nichols Reck<br />
Date of Birth: 21 Apr 1911<br />
Birth County: Armstrong<br />
Certificate Number: 14446<br />
Roll Number: 1911_0009

DRAFT REGISTRATION:

David Nicholas Reck, 29, born 21 Apr 1911 in Armstrong Co., Texas, employed by Cash and Carry Grocery Co., Claude, Armstrong Co., Texas registered for the draft 16 Oct 1940 in Armstrong Co. He was 5'10.5" tall, weighed 160 pounds and had blonde hair, brown eyes, and a ruddy complexion.

"Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3F-4GLM : Sat Mar 30 18:20:16 UTC 2024), Entry for David Nicholas Reck and J P Reck, 16 October 1940.
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Sources

1 H. Neal Parker, Visit to Cemetery, Claude, Texas, 1999, 2007.

2 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 75732836.

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