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Personal info

Full name
VAN ENGEN, Gerhard Jr
Date of birth
13 July 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Coevorden, The Netherlands
Hometown
Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36836634
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
Near Courchaton, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 23 36

Immediate family

Members
Gerhard Van Engen (father)
Alida L. (Van Cameryk) Van Engen (mother)
Lodewijk H. Van Engen (brother)
Henry Van Engen (brother)
Marius J. Van Engen (brother)
Jan C. Van Engen (brother)
Louis H. Van Engen (brother)
Louise Van Engen (sister)
Anna M. Van Engen (sister)
Angeline Van Engen (sister)
Lydia S. (Ramm) Van Engen (wife)

More information

Pfc Gerhard Van Engen Jr. became an American citizen on 15 January 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / States Dutch Reformed Church Membership, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy