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Personal info

Full name
WENRICH, Ernest A
Date of birth
9 January 1913
Age
32
Place of birth
Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33483555
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
333rd Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Tönisvorst-Moers, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 9 1

Immediate family

Members
Charles D. Wenrich (father)
Laura (Mellon) Wenrich (mother)
Mary E. Wenrich (sister)
William H. Wenrich (brother)
Luther A. Wenrich (brother)
Jane (Siegfried) Wenrich (wife)

More information

Ernest Wenrich worked in a shoe factory.

Pfc Ernest A. Wenrich enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 30 November 1942 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

His brother Luther served with the U.S. Navy.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – various family trees, www.newspapers.com - The Call, Pennsylvania

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Call, Pennsylvania