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Personal info

Full name
KNOLL, Ernest Rudolph
Date of birth
9 April 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36110616
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 August 1944
Place of death
Near Kitzingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 38 33

Immediate family

Members
Rudolph A. Knoll (father)
Mary J. (Van Tiem) Knoll (mother)
Richard V. Knoll (brother)
James W. Knoll (brother)
Virginia M. Knoll (sister)
Robert J. Knoll (brother)
Rudolph W. Knoll (brother)
Margaret M. Knoll (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Ernest R. Knoll attended St. Ambrose High School and was employed at the Freuhauf Trailer Company before he enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 15 April 1941. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Chuck Angelini Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - isangel, www.newspapers.com - Detroit Free Press - 6 October 1944