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Personal info

Full name
LENHART, Elmer Raymond
Date of birth
6 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Loveland, Larimer County, Colorado
Hometown
Loveland, Larimer County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37335870
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bischwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 14 28

Immediate family

Members
Henry Lenhart (father)
Anna M. Lenhart (mother)
Mollie L. Lenhart (sister)
Marie Lenhart (sister)
Lydia Lenhart (sister)
Henry Lenhart (brother)
Reuben Lenhart (brother)
Reinholt J. Lenhart (brother)
Leroy C. Lenhart (brother)
Opal E. (Mitchell) Lenhart (wife)

More information

Pfc Elmer R. Lenhart was employed at the Kuner Empson Company before he enlisted. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Moore Family Tree, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com – Fort Collins Coloradoan 14 February 1945

Photo source: www.newspapers.com – Fort Collins Coloradoan - 14 February 1945, www.fold3.com