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Personal info

Full name
SCHAD, Paul Vincent
Date of birth
24 January 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
Hometown
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York

Military service

Service number
32939523
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
253rd Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
Near Unterhofen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 45 19

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Schad (father)
Louise E. (Goettel) Schad (mother)
Lena Schad (sister)
Elizabeth Schad (sister)
James Schad (brother)
Agnes Schad (sister)
Bernard F. Schad (brother)
Lawrence F. Schad (brother)

More information

Pfc Paul V. Schad attended high school for three years before he enlisted in Syracuse, New York on 5 August 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.63rdinfdiv.com
Photo source: www.63rdinfdiv.com