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Personal info

Full name
COONROD, Lyle Elmer
Date of birth
17 November 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Ree Heights, Hand County, South Dakota
Hometown
Hand County, South Dakota

Military service

Service number
37771245
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
15 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 2 16

Immediate family

Members
Elmer A. Coonrod (father)
Ellen (Lott) Coonrod (mother)
Loretta E. Coonrod (sister)
Virginia (Excell) Coonrod (wife)
Virginia L. Coonrod (daughter)

More information

Pvt Lyle E. Coonrod was employed at Douglas Aircraft in California.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, 1930 Census, http://mva.sd.gov/sdwwiimemorial/SubPages/profiles/Display.asp?P=367

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Phillippet, Louise Coonrod Burmeister, Terry Hirsch