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Personal info

Full name
RABE, Erving William
Date of birth
19 January 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Pierce County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39471926
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
Zweifall, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 12 13

Immediate family

Members
Charles A. Rabe (father)
Margaret (Hilsheimer) Rabe (mother)
Albert Rabe (brother)
Maria Rabe (sister)
Edra (Akin) Rabe (wife)

More information

Pvt Erving W. Rabe graduated from Orting High School in 1932. He was employed as a lumberjack for St Paul and Tacoma Lumber Co.
He enlisted in Fort Lewis, Washington on 20 March 1944.

The picture was taken in high school in 1932.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, 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, WWII Draft Card, 1910 US Census

Photo source: Jac Engels, Orting High School 1932