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Personal info

Full name
WEIFFENBACH, Carl Merlin
Date of birth
4 October 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
Hometown
Berkley, Oakland County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36109780
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Near Frémonville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 42 30

Immediate family

Members
Carl C. Weiffenbach (father)
Jennie L. Weiffenbach (mother)
Francis A. (Weldon) Weiffenbach (wife)

More information

Sgt Carl M. Weiffenbach attended high school for four years and was employed at the National Twist Drill Company before he enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 9 April 1941.

He is remembered at the Lakeview Cemetery in Bellaire, Antrim County, Michigan.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Jack J. Foster, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com – Tammy, www.newspapers.com – Lansing State Journal 2 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Tammy