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Personal info

Full name
MARBURGER, Ruben Reinhold
Date of birth
23 February 1915
Age
30
Place of birth
Fayette County, Texas
Hometown
Taylor County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38033187
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 March 1945
Place of death
Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 3 29

Immediate family

Members
Paul J. Marburger (father)
Laura (Rauch) Marburger (mother)
Clarelyn Marburger (sister)
Olan P. Marburger (brother)
Kermit L. Marburger (brother)
Clarence A. Marburger (brother)
Conway H. Marburger (brother)
Leonard E. Marburger (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Ruben R. Marburger worked on a farm before he enlisted in Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 2 July 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 - The Taylor Daily Press from Taylor, Texas Page 3, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Amandine Jaunet - Henri-Chapelle Cemetery Associate