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Personal info

Full name
AVERKAMP, Albert B
Date of birth
8 July 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Paris, Grant County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Paris, Grant County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36220207
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Medelsheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 13 11

Immediate family

Members
Bernard A. Averkamp (father)
Martha (Manemann) Averkamp (mother)
Anthony B. Averkamp (brother)
Magdalena I. Averkamp (sister)
Clemence J. Averkamp (brother)
Edward G. Averkamp (brother)
Andrew J. Averkamp (brother)
Nicholas F. Averkamp (brother)
Agnes C. Averkamp (sister)

More information

Pfc Albert B. Averkamp worked on a farm before he enlisted in Madison, Wisconsin on 23 March 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Upmann Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com - Michael Upman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael Upman