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Personal info

Full name
LANGE, Irvin Hugo
Date of birth
25 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Floresville, Wilson County, Texas
Hometown
Wilson County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38678783
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 January 1945
Place of death
Sterpigny area, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 14 48

Immediate family

Members
Victor L. Lange (brother)

More information

Pfc Irvin H. Lange enlisted at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 19 June 1944.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium Block G, Row 4, Grave 81.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet