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Personal info

Full name
SAALE, Paul Aloysious
Date of birth
3 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Portage Des Sioux, St. Charles County, Missouri
Hometown
St. Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37402952
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
756th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vagney, Saint-Amé, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 2 15

Immediate family

Members
Peete A. Saale (father)
Marie A. (Stuckey) Saale (mother)
Anna M. Saale (sister)
Irene C. Saale (sister)
Bernadine P. Saale (sister)
Wilma D. (Morrison) Saale (wife)

More information

T/5 Paul A. Saale was an industry clerk, employed by the American Car and Foundry Co. before he enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 10 December 1942.

He was killed in action by shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, www.newspapers.com - The St.Louis Star and Times - 13 November 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy