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Personal info

Full name
SHERER, Walter G
Date of birth
10 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Middlesex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42112744
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 11 30

Immediate family

Members
Charles Sherer (father)
Clara (Dorn) Sherer (mother)
Blanche E. Sherer (sister)
Charles Sherer (brother)
Richard Sherer (brother)
Elizabeth E. (Knemoller) Sherer (wife)
Walter G. Sherer Jr. (son)

More information

Pvt Walter G. Sherer was a sophomore in Plainfield High School when he enlisted on 29 March 1944. He was sent overseas in November 1944.

He was married to Elizabeth Knemoller on 13 August 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Courier-News

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Courier-News