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Personal info

Full name
AHLGREN, Elmer John "Ilmari"
Date of birth
10 September 1909
Age
34
Place of birth
Äänekoskii, Lansi-Suomi, Finland
Hometown
Washington, District of Columbia

Military service

Service number
33745907
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
23rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
1 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Exermont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 40 38

Immediate family

Members
Juho R. Ahlgren (father)
Lyydia (Hautala) Ahlgren (mother)
Lempi Ahlgren (sister)
Ainar A. Ahlgren (brother)
Tynne Ahlgren (sister)
Clifford Ahlgren (brother)
Anna M. (Boyd) Ahlgren (wife)

More information

Pvt Elmer J. Ahlgren was married to Anna Mae Boyd on 7 March 1936.

He was a cook before he enlisted at Fort Myer, Virginia on 30 July 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest and neck.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Alabama, Naturalization Records / Washington, D.C., Marriage Records, https://www.7tharmddiv.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight "Andy" Anderson, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks