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Personal info

Full name
KRUEGER, Elwood Henry
Date of birth
4 March 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36212602
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Soy-Hotton, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 10 54

Immediate family

Members
Ervin J. Krueger (father)
Alma H. (Ottelien) Krueger (mother)
Russell R. Krueger (brother)
Ione E. Krueger (sister)
Laverne Krueger (sister)

More information

T/5 Elwood H. Krueger attended Lincoln High School in Manitowoc where he played the clarinet in the school band and he was a clarinetist for 10 years with the Manitowoc Marine Band.

He enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 12 June 1941.

The picture was taken in high school in 1934.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Luker Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.newspaperarchive.com - Manitowoc Herald Times

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Lincoln High School Yearbook 1934