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Personal info

Full name
MEIER, Albert Fellows
Date of birth
8 July 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Garrettsville, Portage County, Ohio
Hometown
Wayne County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35587994
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 January 1945
Place of death
Near Courtil, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 1 29

Immediate family

Members
Charles A. Meier (father)
Maria F. Meier (mother)
John Meier (brother)
Cecil Meier (brother)
Mildred M. Meier (sister)
Glenn E. Meier (brother)
Eva M. Meier (sister)
Woodrow W. Meier (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Albert F. Meier attended high school for three years and worked on a farm before he enlisted in Akron, Ohio on 27 October 1942.

He is remembered at the Fredericksburg East Side Cemetery in Fredericksburg, Wayne County, Ohio.

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 / 1920/1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.83rdinfdivdocs.org - After Action Report

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Jill and Ron Weikle / M L Franks