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Personal info

Full name
JAEGER, Albin Leo
Date of birth
4 March 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Aurora, St. Louis County, Minnesota
Hometown
Aurora, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37582117
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 August 1944
Place of death
Vicinity of Villers-Cotterêts, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 40 39

Immediate family

Members
John Jaeger (father)
Agnes (Schus) Jaeger (mother)
John Jaeger (brother)
Fred Jaeger (brother)
Olga Jaeger (sister)
Helen L. (Grebenc) Jaeger (wife)

More information

Pvt Albin L. Jaeger was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen – Company’s / 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Smith Schultz Family Tree, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy