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Personal info

Full name
HAUER, Carl Laurence
Date of birth
23 January 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33778737
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 6 22

Immediate family

Members
Frank Hauer (father)
Emma G. (Beatty) Hauer (mother)
Emma T. Hauer (sister)
Louis Hauer (brother)
Frank Hauer (brother)

More information

Pfc Carl L. Hauer enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 1 May 1943.

The Hauer-Smith Post 798 of the American Legion in Hatboro, Pennsylvania is named in tribute to Pfc Hauer and a fellow comrade.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp , Scott Feist, 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 / 1930 Census / Pa. Church and Town Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, Scott Feist