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Personal info

Full name
SCHREIER, Edward William
Date of birth
10 February 1911
Age
34
Place of birth
Cashton, Monroe County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Monroe County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36829264
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
424th Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
13 April 1945
Place of death
Bad Orb, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John J. Schreier (father)
Margaret M. (Schroeder) Schreier (mother)
Carl M.W. Schreier (brother)
Arthur Kingham (stepbrother)
Clarence Kingham (stepbrother)
Eleanor Schreier (sister)
Garda (Nelson) Schreier (wife)
Loretta M. Schreier (daughter)

More information

Pvt Edward Schreier was a truck driver with the Rudolph Transfer Company before he enlisted in August 1943. He first trained with an anti-aircraft unit in Camp Haan, California before he was transferred to the infantry. He then trained at Camp Atterbury, Indiana and was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was taken prisoner in the vicinity of Schlausenbach, Germany on 17 December 1944 and was imprisoned at Stalag IX-A in Bad Orb, Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - Prisoner of War Records, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, The La Crosse Tribune - 29 April 1945, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The La Crosse Tribune - 18 March 1945, The Capital Times - 17 April 1945