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Personal info

Full name
SHERMAN, Elmer Earl
Date of birth
7 May 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa
Hometown
Marengo, Iowa County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37645049
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
Barby, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 19 3

Immediate family

Members
Dewey O. Sherman (father)
Mildred E. (Slaymaker) Sherman (mother)
Thelma M. Sherman (sister)
Leland L. Sherman (brother)
Vernon Sherman (brother)
Russell O. Sherman (brother)
Lyle D. Sherman (brother)
Cleo M. Sherman (sister)

More information

Pfc Elmer E. Sherman graduated from Marengo High School in the spring of 1945.

He enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 16 August 1944 and was sent overseas on 8 January 1945.

He was a member of a two-men bazooka team, the other man, Pfc Palmer Wardenburg, was killed beside him.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Dawn R. Moore, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Bonus Case File / 1930/1940 Census


Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Dawn R. Moore