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Personal info

Full name
FISHER, Albert Nelson
Date of birth
17 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Newark, New Jersey
Hometown
Arcadia, Wayne County, New York

Military service

Service number
42097209
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Fortschwir, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 33 57

Immediate family

Members
Edward Fisher (father)
Katherine Fisher (mother)
Jerome W. Fisher (brother)
Dorothy A. Fisher (sister)
Marvin E. Fisher (brother)
Elsia M. Fisher (sister)
Chester J. Fisher (brother)

More information

Pvt Albert N. Fisher attended high school for two years and worked on the family farm before he enlisted in Rochester, New York on 10 August 1944.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the head.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.newspaperarchive.com - Newark Courier-Gazette - www.findagrave.com – Andy