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Personal info

Full name
MESKE, Eldor H
Date of birth
10 June 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Akron, Plymouth County, Iowa
Hometown
Plymouth County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37120491
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 September 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 4 22

Immediate family

Members
August C. Meske (father)
Mary H. (Lubben) Meske (mother)
Ernest P. Meske (brother)
Elmer J. Meske (brother)
Elsie L. (Ricklefs) Meske (sister)
Cora E. (Nace) Meske (wife)

More information

Sgt Meske enlisted on 1 December 1941 and was sent overseas on 4 September 1943.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Nace Family Tree / Iowa Birth Index / 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, http://iagenweb.org/ The Sioux City Journal - 31 January 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Lebanon Daily News