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Personal info

Full name
SCHERRER, Elmer Charles
Date of birth
25 July 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Burlington, Kitt Carson County, Colorado
Hometown
Denver, Denver County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
38008512
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 December 1944
Place of death
Amonines, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 16 28

Immediate family

Members
Jacob G. Scherrer (father)
Anneta Scherrer (mother)
Fred Scherrer (brother)
Leo Scherrer (brother)
Helen Scherrer (sister)
Glendene Scherrer (sister)
James Scherrer (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Elmer C. Scherrer enlisted on 11 July 1941. Before his enlistment, he was working as a printer.
He was killed in his jeep, together with his best friend Pfc Willie L. Elam. They were both buried at the temporary American Cemetery at Fosses-La-Ville Block L, Row 10, Grave 200 in 1947, they were given a final resting place at Henri-Chapelle.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.memorial.com, www.archives.gov - Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.veteransofthebattleofthebulge.org

Photo source: Gerard Roggen, Dors Swartzendruber