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Full name
STRAUSS, Gordon
Date of birth
10 October 1912
Age
31
Place of birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O1304582
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 13 60

Immediate family

Members
Moses Strauss (father)
Eleanor R. (McGregor) Strauss (mother)
Betty Strauss (sister)
Victor Strauss (brother)
Mary B. Strauss (wife)

More information

1st Lt Gordon Strauss enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 27 May 1942.
He attended 4 years of college and was a lawyer before he enlisted.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Ohio, Births and Christenings Index / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - U.S., School Yearbooks University of Cincinnati