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Personal info

Full name
HAMERLA, Louis
Date of birth
23 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
18108527
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
629th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
East of Weiswampach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 5 5

Immediate family

Members
Mary Hamerla (mother)
Helen Hamerla (sister)
Stephie Hamerla (sister)
Pauline Hamerla (sister)

More information

Cpl Louis Hamerla worked on a farm.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States on 4 July 1942 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, http://examiner-enterprise.com/sections/living/military/fallen-heroes-9-10.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet