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Personal info

Full name
DORER, Lewis Harold
Date of birth
7 November 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Etowa, Mississippi County, Arkansas
Hometown
Spring Hill, Mobile County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34801398
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
Sector Bütgenbacher Heck-Dom Bütgenbach, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 4 45

Immediate family

Members
Arrie H. Dorer (father)
Daisy Dorer (mother)
Juanita Dorer (wife)

More information

Pfc Lewis H. Dorer enlisted at Fort McClellan on 31 March 1943. He attended high school for 3 years and worked in a metal factory before he enlisted.

Source of information: Tom Verheijden, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: Tom Verheijden