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Personal info

Full name
WEILER, Arthur
Date of birth
1915
Age
unknown
Place of birth
unknown
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
O1054299
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Schöntal, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 6 49

Immediate family

Members
William Weiler (father)
Emma (Mendel) Weiler (mother)
John Weiler (brother)
Dorothy Weiler (sister)
Caroline (Hermann) Weiler (wife)

More information

Arthur Weiler was an interior decorator before he enlisted in Fabruary 1941. He was selected to follow the Officers Candidates School at Camp Davis, North Carolina.

He was sent overseas in October 1944 and was with his unit for only thirtheen days when he was killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html, www.newspapers.com - The News Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The News Journal