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Personal info

Full name
MESGER, Arvil Lee
Date of birth
4 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37621992
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 October 1944
Place of death
Jeanménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 13 26

Immediate family

Members
Caric J. Mesger (father)
Ida (Eickhoff) Mesger (mother)
Elvin E. Mesger (brother)
Pearl G. Mesger (sister)
Bernice E. Mesger (sister)
Juanita A. (Phipps) Mesger (wife)

More information

Pvt Arvil L. Mesger enlisted in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 13 August 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Young Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy