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Personal info

Full name
LENOCH, Carl Rudolph
Date of birth
25 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Charleroi, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Charleroi, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33698288
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 January 1945
Place of death
Reipertswiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 37 33

Immediate family

Members
Alexander Lenoch (father)
Elizabeth (Elliott) Lenoch (mother)

More information

Pfc Carl R. Lenoch attended high school for 4 years and was a locomotive fireman before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 27 July 1943.

He was sent overseas in January 1944 and was reported wounded on 15 August 1944 in the invasion of Southern France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, 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 / 1930 Census / WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.newspapers.com – The Daily Republican Pennsylvania 22 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Damaris Acevedo