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Personal info

Full name
WEAVER, Sydney Elsner
Date of birth
8 November 1911
Age
34
Place of birth
Lake Park, Dickinson County, Iowa
Hometown
Spirit Lake, Dickinson County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37691327
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
9 November 1945
Place of death
Kommerscheidt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Curtis E. Weaver (father)
Sarah E. Weaver (mother)
Florence Weaver (sister)
Darrel Weaver (brother)
Maxine Weaver (sister)
Samuel Weaver (brother)
Clifford Weaver (brother)
Clyde Weaver (brother)
Muriel E. (Berhendsen) Weaver (wife)
Marjorie Weaver (daughter)
Peggy Weaver (daughter)

More information

Pvt Weaver enlisted on 26 February 1944 and was sent overseas on 1 September 1944.

He was reported missing in action on 8 November 1944, his birthday and was officialy declared death one day and one year later.

He is remembered at the Crown Hill Cemetery in Ruthven, Iowa.

On one of the pictures he poses with his daughter Peggy.

All of his brothers also served.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, Milford Mail 29 November 1945, Spirit Lake Beacon 28 March 1946

Photo source: www.ancestry.com, Spirit Lake Beacon 28 March 1946, http://iagenweb.org/wwii/WWIISurnamesW_Z/WeaverSydneyE.html