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Personal info

Full name
MAIER, Alvin
Date of birth
24 January 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Hoisington, Barton County, Kansas
Hometown
Hoisington, Barton County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37205402
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Dié-Etival Clairefontaine, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 22 59

Immediate family

Members
Fred Maier (father)
Mollie (Maier) Maier (mother)
Odelia Maier (sister)
Alice Maier (sister)
Leona G. (Niedens) Maier (wife)

More information

Sgt Alvin Maier was employed by the Elliot Motor Company before he enlisted.

In May 1944, in Italy, he was wounded by artillery shell fragments at his arm. He was discharged from the hospital in June 1944.

Sgt Maier was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously for his actions on 9 November 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in the thorax.

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