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Personal info

Full name
ENGLE, John Ross
Date of birth
22 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Greybull, Big Horn County, Wyoming
Hometown
Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
19118600
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Montbronn, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 21 36

Immediate family

Members
John R. Engle (father)
Lois E. (Elliott) Engle (mother)
Joan E. Engle (sister)

More information

Sgt John R. Engle attended Oregon State College for two years before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Corvallis, Oregon on 9 December 1942.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / For Peggy Howard and Aunt Dora, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laura S, Oregon State University Gold Star Project