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Personal info

Full name
SCHLERETH, Earl Albert
Date of birth
28 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
St. Louis, Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37604577
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
333rd Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
14 November 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 36 9

Immediate family

Members
Anton A. Schlereth (father)
Gertrude (Schlatweiler) Schlereth (mother)
Elizabeth Schlereth (sister)
Annette Schlereth (sister)
Albert Schlereth (brother)
Juliann Schlereth (sister)

More information

Pvt Earl A. Schlereth graduated from Southwest High School in St. Louis.

He enlisted in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 26 February 1943.

He was takn prisoner and died of his wounds. The location where he died, is not known.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record /Records Of World War II Prisoners of War, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.ancestry.com - Southwest High School, St. Louis Yearbook 1942, www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Post-Dispatch