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Personal info

Full name
NIERENGARTEN, Lawrence Joseph
Date of birth
27 June 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Stearns County, Minnesota
Hometown
St. Joseph, Stearns County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
6569131
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
Near Mertzwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 17 27

Immediate family

Members
John F. Nierengarten (father)
Mary C. (Euteneuer) Nierengarten (mother)
Rose K. Nierengarten (sister)
Lorraine M. Nierengarten (sister)
Leo J. Nierengarten (brother)
Francis J. Nierengarten (brother)
Alvina M. Nierengarten (sister)
Daniel Nierengarten (brother)
Loretta M. (Meyer) Nierengarten (wife)
Donna M. Nierengarten (daughter)
Richard D. Nierengarten (son)
Lawrence D. Nierengarten (son)

More information

Pvt Lawrence J. Nierengarten enlisted on 10 April 1944 and was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Three of his brothers also served.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Euteneuer Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com – Peter Joseph Braun, www.newspapers.com - St. Cloud times
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Annette Redford / Don J, www.newspapers.com - St. Cloud times