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Personal info

Full name
SPAID, Eugene Russell
Date of birth
20 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois
Hometown
Lake County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36673937
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Oberhof, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 1 1

Immediate family

Members
William R. Spaid (father)
Marie S. Spaid (mother)
William H. Spaid (brother)
Leona V. Spaid (sister)
Richard R. Spaid (brother)
Luella M. Spaid (sister)
Leon R. Spaid (brother)
James E. Spaid (brother)

More information

T/4 Eugene R. Spaid attended Waukegan High School.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Waukegan High School Yearbook 1942