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Personal info

Full name
KNIERIM, Gussie Lee Jr
Date of birth
9 February 1910
Age
35
Place of birth
Rock Port, Atchison County, Missouri
Hometown
Atchison County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37135670
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
422nd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
Bad Orb, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 2 6

Immediate family

Members
Gustav L. Knierim (father)
Anna L. (Mulkey) Knierim (mother)
Ralph H. Knierim (brother)
Sylvia Knierim (sister)
Lloyd Knierim (brother)
Nellie Knierim (sister)
Glen Million (stepbrother)
Juanita Million (stepsister)

More information

Gussie Knierim enlisted in February 1942 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was taken prisoner on 19 December 1944 in the vicinity of Schönberg, Belgium.

Pvt Knierim died of malnutrition in Stalag IX-B.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / Knierim Krichbaum Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Card, The Maryville Daily Forum - 18 July 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Marion and Henk Berens, The Atchison County Mail - 13 July 1945