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Personal info

Full name
ALTHERR, Homer Matthew
Date of birth
4 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio
Hometown
Lackawanna, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
42096684
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
254th Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 March 1945
Place of death
Near Ensheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 30 73

Immediate family

Members
Albert N. Altherr (father)
Christina (Boll) Altherr (mother)
Christina A. Altherr (sister)
Herbert J. Altherr (brother)
Marcella M. Altherr (sister)
Irene M. Altherr (sister)
Emilee E. Altherr (sister)
Rosemary G. Altherr (sister)
Leila C. Altherr (sister)
Harold L. Altherr (brother)
Margaret L. Altherr (wife)
Judy Altherr (daughter)

More information

Pfc Homer M. Altherr attended high school for four years and was a plumber.

He enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 28 July 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his face.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Worth Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.63rdinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett
Photo source: -, The Buffalo News - 15 May 1945