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Personal info

Full name
GEHRING, Johnny
Date of birth
24 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota
Hometown
Cumberland County, North Dakota

Military service

Service number
37579625
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Near Wiltz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 39 16

Immediate family

Members
Johannes Gehring (father)
Rosina (Kappes) Gehring (mother)
Rebecca Gehring (sister)
Raymond Gehring (brother)
Esther Gehring (sister)
Ida Gehring (sister)

More information

Pfc Johnny Gehring enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 15 October 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Records

Photo source: www.findagrave.com