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Charles Howell Rieck 1918 - 2006

Charles Howell Rieck of San Diego, San Diego County, CA was born on April 21, 1918 in Kearny, Hudson County, New Jersey United States, and died at age 87 years old on March 23, 2006.

Charles Howell Rieck

San Diego, San Diego County, CA 92103

April 21, 1918

Kearny, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

March 23, 2006

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Introduction

Charles Howell Rieck is the son of Edwin B and Mavena P Rieck. He was born on April 21, 1919 in Kearny, Hudson, New Jersey and had an older brother Edwin Jr, and older sister Marian, and younger siblings Walter, Edna, and Louis Rieck. He registered for the draft on July 1, 1941, in Kearny, Hudson, New Jersey, when he was 23 years old. At the time of registration, he was employed by Western Electric Co. Rieck then enlisted in the military on April 1, 1942, in Newark, New Jersey, and was assigned to Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA. He held the rank of Private, Army of the United States.
04/21

1918

Birthday

April 21, 1918

Birthdate

Kearny, Hudson County, New Jersey United States

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Ethnicity & Family History

He was white. His father was born and raised in New Jersey while his mother was born in Scotland and immigrated to the United States.
Nationality & Locations

Charles was born, raised, and spent the first part of his adult life in Kearny, Huson, New Jersey. He later moved to California and lived in San Diego County.
Early Life & Education

He was a high school graduate, completing 4 years by the time of his enlistment into the military.
Military Service

Charles Rieck registered for the draft on July 1, 1941, in Kearny, Hudson, New Jersey, when he was 23 years old. At the time of registration, he was employed by Western Electric Co. Rieck was 5'6" tall, weighed 140 pounds, had a light complexion, brown hair, and blue eyes. His next of kin was Mavena Rieck. Rieck enlisted in the military on April 1, 1942, in Newark, New Jersey, and was assigned to Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA. He held the rank of Private, Army of the United States, which included voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941, and thereafter, one-year enlistments of National Guardsmen whose state enlistment expires while in federal service, and officers appointed in the Army of the United States under Army Regulations 605-10. Rieck's terms of enlistment were for the duration of the war or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law. His military serial number was 32301800.
Professional Career

In 1941, Charles was employed by "Western Electric Co." in Kearny, Huson, New Jersey.
03/23

2006

Death

March 23, 2006

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Unknown
Cause of death

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Charles Howell Rieck lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.

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In 1918, in the year that Charles Howell Rieck was born, federal spending was $12.68 billion, unemployment was 1.4% and the cost of a first-class stamp was 3 cents.

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In 1931, at the age of just 13 years old, Charles was alive when on May 1st, the Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 1,454 feet (including the roof and antenna), it was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center's North Tower was built in 1970. (It is now the 34th tallest.) Opening at the beginning of the Great Depression, most of the offices in the Empire State Building remained unoccupied for years and the observation deck was an equal source of revenue and kept the building profitable.

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