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Personal info

Full name
SCHOENHOFEN, Earl Edward "Gus"
Date of birth
2 August 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois
Hometown
St. Clair County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36079294
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 22 16

Immediate family

Members
Peter J. Schoenhofen (father)
Minnie J. (Fuhrman) Schoenhofen (mother)
Oliver W. Schoenhofen (brother)

More information

Sgt Earl E. Schoenhofen graduated from Cathedral High School. He was employed at the Bellville News Democrat for eight years.

He joined the Regular Army on 26 November 1941. He participated in the North African campaign, the invasion of Sicily and then was sent to England.

Sgt. Earl E. Schoenhofen was first buried at the Temporary American Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Note: In the ABMC database, the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment is incorrectly listed as a Battalion

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch,www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1920/1940 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Bellville News-Democrat - 2 October 1944