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Personal info

Full name
KRUG, Louis Howard
Date of birth
18 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33692043
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 March 1945
Place of death
Near Schweinheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 8 8

Immediate family

Members
John G. Krug (father)
Elizabeth M. Krug (mother)
John G. Krug Jr. (brother)
Raymond Krug (brother)
Betty Krug (sister)
Dorothy Krug (sister)
Anne Krug (sister)

More information

Pfc Louis H. Krug attended high school for 1 year and was an employee of the Coyne and Evans Motor Company, Squirrel Hill.

He enlisted in Greenburg, Pennsylvania on 4 August 1943. He had been overseas for 15 months and had seen action in Sicily, Anzio Beachhead, Italy, France and Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, 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 / WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press
Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press