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Personal info

Full name
FAGNER, Howard Eugene
Date of birth
9 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Newark, Wayne County, New York
Hometown
Wayne County, New York

Military service

Service number
42026804
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 1 28

Immediate family

Members
George P. Fagner (father)
Bertha M. (Utter) Fagner (mother)
Ernest G. Fagner (brother)
Kenneth R. Fagner (brother)
Laverne Fagner (brother)
George P. Fagner Jr. (brother)
Clarence E. Fagner (brother)
Virginia Fagner (sister)

More information

Pfc Howard E. Fagner attended Palmyra High School. He enlisted in Rochester, New York on 10 November 1943.

Source of information: Luc van der Sterren, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 census, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle, WWII Draft Card, Rochester Times - 6 December 1944

Photo source: Jac Engels