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Personal info

Full name
ZORGER, William Emerson
Date of birth
25 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Landisburg, Perry County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Landisburg, Perry County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33507704
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 18 25

Immediate family

Members
Adam H. Zorger (father)
Annie V. (Souders) Zorger (mother)
Robert S. Zorger (brother)
Virginia E. Zorger (sister)
Doris A. Zorger (sister)

More information

Pfc William E. Zorger graduated from Landisburg Joint High School and worked as a sales before he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 20 April 1943. He was selected for the A.S.T.P. program and therfore sent to Lehigh University for a six-months engineering course. When the program was disbanded, he was transferred to the infantry.

Source of information: Jac Engels, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / One World Family Tree, www.archives.gov - WWII enlistment record, www.wwiimemorial.com - abmc / Sylvan D. Roads, www.findagrave.com - CWGC/ABMC, www.newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph 15 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Robert Schortemeyer