Warren Muck
| Warren Muck | |
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| Nickname(s) | Skip |
| Born |
January 31, 1922 Tonawanda, New York |
| Died | January 10, 1945 (aged 22) † Foy, Belgium |
| Place of burial | Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1942–1945 |
| Rank |
 Sergeant
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| Unit | Mortar Squad, 2nd Platoon, Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division |
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| Awards | |
| Relations | Elmer Muck (brother), Ruth Muck LaFleur (sister), Eileen LaFleur O'Hara (niece) |
Sergeant Warren H. "Skip" Muck (January 31, 1922 – January 10, 1945) was a non-commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Muck was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Richard Speight, Jr. Muck's life story was featured in the 2010 book A Company of Heroes: Personal Memories about the Real Band of Brothers and the Legacy They Left Us.
Muck was born and raised in Tonawanda, New York. His family was German and Muck was fluent in German, although he might have been quiet about it in the service. When Muck was a young kid, he skipped whenever he moved. That is why he got his nickname 'Skip'. Muck's father was a traveling musician who virtually abandoned his family. Muck worked part-time jobs to earn extra money for his family. Muck was a man of sincere faith. He was an altar boy growing up. He went to Mass regularly, even in the service.Frederick Niland, later sergeant of Company H, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, was Muck's best friend in high school.
Muck attended St. Francis of Assisi Elementary School, and graduated from Tonawanda High School in 1942. Muck once swam across the Niagara River as part of an initiation to get into a fraternity. After working briefly for the Remington Rand Corp, he enlisted on August 17, 1942 in Buffalo, New York.
Muck was assigned to Easy Company in , Georgia, and received training under Captain Herbert Sobel. There he befriended Donald Malarkey, and they were in the same mortar squad, and would often run Currahee side by side. During the 120-mile march the Second Battalion of the 506th regiment made from Toccoa to Atlanta, Malarkey's legs hurt so bad that he had to crawl to the mess tent on all fours. When Muck saw that, he stopped Malarkey, and said, 'No friend of mine crawls anywhere.' He filled their mess kits with food and returned to the tent to eat with Malarkey. While some soldiers were unfriendly to replacement soldiers, Muck was kind to everybody. He befriended replacement soldier Alex Penkala, who joined Easy Company at Fort Bragg, and Joseph Lesniewski, who took a real ribbing from a few guys after joining Easy Company in Aldbourne.
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