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Personal info

Full name
WEGERT, Arthur Frederick
Date of birth
2 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35560305
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
Jüngersdorf-Merode, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 11 1

Immediate family

Members
Walter Wegert (father)
Johanna Brandhorst (mother)
Richard O. Wegert (brother)
Wilbert F. Wegert (brother)
Mauriel Wegert (wife)

More information

Pvt Arthur F. Wegert enlisted at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky on 24 February 1944. He attended East Night High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. Pvt Wegert was trained as a meteorologist in a field artillery observation unit at Ft. Sill, Okla., but before going overseas in November, 1944, was transferred to the provisional infantry. He entered the Army the preceding February.
He was a clerk before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.ibiblio.org, www.newspapers.com - The Cincinnati Enquirer, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Cincinnati Enquirer