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Personal info

Full name
KREIN, Ludwig Otto
Date of birth
20 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Hot Springs, Fall River County, South Dakota
Hometown
Hot Springs, Fall River County, South Dakota

Military service

Service number
37487019
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
24 January 1945
Place of death
Not avialable

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 14 39

Immediate family

Members
Ludwig J. Krein (father)
Magdalina (Schoepp) Krein (mother)
Mathilda Krein (sister)
Rheinhold Krein (brother)
Walter Krein (brother)
Freida C. Krein (sister)
Rudolph R. Krein (brother)

More information

Pfc Ludwig O. Krein graduated from Hot Springs High School in 1943 and was employed by Hilo Market.

He was sent overseas in June 1944.

He was severly wounded in action by artillery shell fragments to his thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy