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Personal info

Full name
DREIER, Gerd E
Date of birth
4 February 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Ellerau, Germany
Hometown
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42010080
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 September 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 12 41

Immediate family

Members
Ernest E. Dreier (father)
Irma (Zimmermann) Dreier (mother)
Ellen Dreier (sister)

More information

Pvt Gerd E. Dreier attended high school for 4 years and was a machinist before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 18 August 1943.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Lenz Family Tree / 1930 Census
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