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Personal info

Full name
PRIESS, Elmer Fred William
Date of birth
4 February 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Emerald, Lancaster County, Nebraska
Hometown
Little Salt, Lancaster County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37265178
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 September 1944
Place of death
Briey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 30 49

Immediate family

Members
William M. Priess (father)
Amanda I. M. (Brose) Priess (mother)
Conrad A. Priess (brother)
Ervin C. Priess (brother)
Wilbert W. Priess (brother)
Ethelene F. (Nelson) Priess (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Elmer F. W. Priess entered the army in October 1942, going overseas the last part of March 1944.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Brandtjen Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – Lincoln Journal Star Nebraska - 16 October 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.newspapers.com – Lincoln Journal Star Nebraska - 16 October 1944