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Personal info

Full name
SCHERGER, Thomas Moore
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio
Hometown
Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
20504069
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vagney, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 38 50

Immediate family

Members
Leo C. Scherger (foster father)
Mattie E. (Borroff) Scherger (foster mother)
Marcreda I. (Grise) Scherger (wife)
Sandra K. Scherger (daughter)

More information

Pfc Thomas M. Scherger attended high school for two years and was a chauffeur before he joined the National Guard in Defiance, Ohio on 15 October 1940.

He joined A Company on 6 June 1944 in Italy.

He was killed by small arms fire.

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