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Personal info

Full name
DINGELDEIN, Elmer P
Date of birth
20 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33424448
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Near Strasbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 45 26

Immediate family

Members
Phillip Dingeldein (father)
Clara (Sior) Dingeldein (mother)
Dorothy Dingeldein (sister)
Rosa Dingeldein (sister)

More information

Sgt Elmer P. Dingeldein enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 4 February 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Dingeldein Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - W. Dingeldein / U.S., School Yearbooks McKeesport High School, www.findagrave.com - Damaris Acevedo, Barna Robi