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Personal info

Full name
SCHAEFER, Elmer L
Date of birth
1912
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36077345
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Near Trinal, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 9 10

Immediate family

Members
Mary R. Schaefer (wife)

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet