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Personal info

Full name
ERKER, Bill L
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Idaho
Hometown
King County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39204003
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
275th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
Near Lixing-lès-Rouhling, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 35 55

Immediate family

Members
Mathias Erker (father)
Viola V. Erker (mother)
Lorraine M. E. (Gilfeather) Erker (wife)

More information

Pfc Bill L. Erker enlisted in Seattle, Washington on 15 March 1943.

He attended high school for 3 years and was a smith before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Neumann Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://www.trailblazersww2.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy