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|surname=Howard
|surname=Howard
|first=Fred
|first=Fred
|class_number=17
|class_section=5A
|class_section=5A
|class_rank=Pfc
|class_rank=Private First Class
|birth_year=1922
|birth_year=1922
|death_year=2008
|death_year=2008
|nativity=Ge
|nativity=Germany
|religion=J
|religion=Jewish
|enlistment_place=NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK
|enlistment_place=NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK
|state=NEW YORK
|state=NEW YORK
|ipw_ge=8;109
|ipw_ge=8;109
|overseas=Y
|certificate=6472
|education=4 years of high school
|education=4 years of high school
|occupation=Cabinetmakers
|occupation=Cabinetmakers
|marital=Single with dependents
|marital=Single with dependents
|certificate=6472
|photo=Howard, Fred (32799358) press TANGRAM.jpg
|confidence=high
|confidence=high
|class_number=17
|class_display=17
|class_display=17
|overseas=Y
|birth_place=Silesia, Germany
|rank_final=Technician Third Grade
|birth_date=16 June 1922
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'''Fred Howard''' (1922&ndash;2008) was a United States Army Private First Class who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 17]]. Fred enlisted at New York City, New York.
'''Fred Howard''' (1922&ndash;2008) was a United States Army Pfc who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 17]].
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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Fred Howard was born Manfred Ehrlich in Silesia in 1922 and moved with his parents to Berlin in 1933. In the late 1930s he emigrated to the United States with his mother; his father and other relatives who could not obtain U.S. visas spent the wartime years in Shanghai.
 
Howard joined the U.S. Army in 1943 and trained at Camp Ritchie as an interrogator. In 1944 he returned to Europe and worked interrogating German prisoners of war in a team with fellow Ritchie Boy [[Stern, Guy (37413105)|Guy Stern]]. After the war he returned to the United States and built a career as a designer and businessman.


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
* Manfred Ehrlich; OSS
* Manfred Ehrlich; OSS
* Ritchie Boy
* Ritchie Boy
* Civil Life
* Display company owner; invented L’Eggs pantyhose


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Howard, Fred (32799358).jpg|Earlier profile photograph (retained after press-photo update)
Documentary Ritchie Boys VE Day Stern Sears Howard press.jpg|Ritchie Boys team on V-E Day, 8 May 1945 — Guy Stern, Walter Sears, Fred Howard (© TANGRAM; Bauer film press photo)
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== Technical record ==
== Technical record ==
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== Timeline ==
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* Born 16 June 1922 in Germany (as Manfred Ehrlich); Religion: Jewish.
* 1933 — Moved with his parents from Silesia to Berlin.
* 22 April 1943 — Naturalized as citizen (with name change) in Wash.
* 14 June 1944 — Transferred to DEML. Promoted to T/3.
* 18 February 1944 — Attached to unit at Camp Ritchie.
* 1944 — Served in Europe as an interrogator with Guy Stern.
* 9 August 1945 — Transferred from MIS to OSS.
* Shipment via Camp Myles Standish, included 40 six man IPW Ge teams (80 officers and 160 enlisted men). Assigned to IPW Team 8.
* Late 1930s — Emigrated to the United States with his mother; father and relatives spent the war in Shanghai.
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Fred Howard for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Howard, Fred for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: FRED HOWARD.doc)
* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/boys_howard.html The Ritchie Boys: Fred Howard]
* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/press_photos.html The Ritchie Boys film site — press photos] (© TANGRAM (Harald Stuckmann); high-res https://ritchieboys.com/DL/photos-highq/boys/howard.jpg)
* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/press_photos.html The Ritchie Boys film site — press photos] (© TANGRAM; V-E Day team photo)
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