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Personal info

Full name
OBERRING, Albert John Edward
Date of birth
21 August 1903
Age
41
Place of birth
Washington Township, Jackson County, Indiana
Hometown
Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35685775
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Champenoux, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 8 8

Immediate family

Members
Herman F. Oberring (father)
Mary M. (Buhner) Oberring (mother)
Amanda M. Oberring (sister)

More information

Pfc Albert J. E. Oberring was employed at the E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co before he enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 2 November 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire.

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

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman
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