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Personal info

Full name
KAISER, Ernest G
Date of birth
27 June 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Youngwood, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Youngwood, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33705285
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Wildenguth, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 41 5

Immediate family

Members
Fred Kaiser (father)
Eldora Kaiser (mother)
Daniel Gaffney (stepbrother)
Walter Gaffney (stepbrother)
Clyde Gaffney (stepbrother)
Clara M. Gaffney (stepsister)
Nell O. (Rush) Kaiser (wife)
David R. Kaiser (son)

More information

Sgt Ernest G. Kaiser enlisted in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 28 December 1943.

He was a former football star at Washington and Jefferson College and coach at Mt. Pleasant High School, Hickory. Prior to his induction into the service he was athletic coach and instructor at Mt. Pleasant Township High School and had previously held similar positions at Youngwood and Derry Township in Westmoreland County.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, www.newspapers.com - The News-Herald, Terry Hirsch

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.ancestry.com - Washington and Jefferson College Yearbook 1932 / Youngwood High School Yearbook 1941