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Personal info

Full name
RIEGER, Warren C
Date of birth
8 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Richmond, New York City, New York
Hometown
Staten Island, Richmond County, New York

Military service

Service number
32813323
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
Prummern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 10 19

Immediate family

Members
Charles Rieger (father)
Elma Rieger (mother)
Vivian Rieger (sister)
Ruth Rieger (sister)

More information

Pfc Warren C. Rieger graduated from Richmond High School in 1940 where he was the editor of 'El Faro'.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 22 February 1943.

His picture was taken in high school in 1940.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949, http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/89/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Port Richmond High School Yearbook 1940