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Personal info

Full name
MARESCHAL, Elmer Francis
Date of birth
12 October 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
St. Louis, Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
20727675
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 October 1944
Place of death
Near Bezange-la-Petite, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 18 26

Immediate family

Members
John D. Mareschat (father)
Anna C. (Fox) Mareschal (mother)
John D. Mareschal (brother)
Melvin J. Mareschal (brother)
Virginia M. Mareschal (sister)
June E. Mareschal (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Elmer F. Mareschal attended high school for two years and was an athlete sport instructor when he joined the National Guard in St. Louis, Missouri on 23 December 1940.

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 / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The St. Louis Star and Times 16 July 1945
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Globe-Democrat 18 July 1945