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Personal info

Full name
SAUERBREY, John Anthony
Date of birth
13 December 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
New York City, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32904013
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 October 1944
Place of death
Near Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 6 20

Immediate family

Members
John Sauerbrey (father)
Irene Sauerbrey (mother)
Eugene Sauerbrey (brother)
Irene Sauerbrey (sister)
William Sauerbrey (brother)
Stephen Sauerbrey (brother)
Ethel Sauerbrey (sister)
Bertha (Schmidt) Sauerbrey (wife)

More information

Pfc John A. Sauerbrey was a bellman before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 7 May 1943.

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 / 1930 Census / New York U.S. Birth Index, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet