Missing information?
Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?
Submit- Full
name
HOELSCHER, Virgil Rudolph - Date of
birth
30 September 1918 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Plum Hill, Washington County, Illinois -
Hometown
Muscatine County, Iowa
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37192647 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
18 March 1945 - Place of
death
Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 15 | 39 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Oscar H. Hoelscher (father)
Mary (Brinkmann) Hoelscher (mother)
Velma E. Hoelscher (sister)
Virginia L. Hoelscher (sister)
Vernice Hoelscher (sister)
Virdel F. Hoelscher (sister)
Vernon O. Hoelscher (brother)
Vera Hoelscher (sister)
Verle Hoelscher (brother)
Kathryn (Smith) Hoelscher (wife)
More information
Pfc. Virgil R. Hoelscher, enlisted on 25 April 1942, and trained to become a military policeman at Fort George Wright, Washington and at Mountain Home, Idaho. Later he was transferred to the infantry and trained at Camp Howze, Texas. He was overseas for about a month.
Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com - The Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, www.ancestry.com - Joseph Meier