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Personal info

Full name
REHRIG, Cordes Mahlon
Date of birth
15 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Mauch Chunk, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Mauch Chunk, Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33245846
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 September 1944
Place of death
Near Châtenois, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 20 58

Immediate family

Members
Aaron C. Rehrig (father)
Linda G. (Cordes) Rehrig (mother)
Catherine C. Rehrig (sister)
Ellsworth R. Rehrig (brother)
Grace Rehrig (sister)
Helen Rehrig (sister)
Aaron E. Rehrig (brother)
Richard J. Rehrig (brother)
Glenn C. Rehrig (sister)

More information

Pfc Cordes M. Rehrig graduated from Mauch Chunk High School with the class of 1943 and was employed by the Bethlehem Steel Company before he enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 10 June 1942.

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

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

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 / Cordes Family Tree / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – G J Walck Jr, www.newspapers.com – The Morning Call 29 September 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Kevin / Joel Frampton Gilfert