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Personal info

Full name
MESSERLY, Adolph Jacob
Date of birth
14 February 1906
Age
39
Place of birth
Belville, St. Clair County, Illinois
Hometown
Buffalo, Harper County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38149756
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ormont-Neuendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 13 40

Immediate family

Members
Jacob Messerly (father)
Emma K. (Endres) Messerly (mother)
Emma K. (Roedersheimer) Messerly (sister)

More information

Pfc Adolph J. Messerly worked at a filling station.

He enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 16 July 1942. He was sent overseas in January 1945.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Stumph Family Tree / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael Beach, The Harper County Journal - 8 March 1945