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Personal info

Full name
SIEGWARTH, George Julius
Date of birth
15 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Cassel, Marathon County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Marathon County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
16095033
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 7 15

Immediate family

Members
Louis Siegwarth (father)
Regina (Franz) Siegwarth (mother)
Roman J. Siegwarth (brother)
Clarence Siegwarth (brother)

More information

Pfc George J. Siegwarth was a chauffeur.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 26 August 1942.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Victoria M. Welsh