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Personal info

Full name
SCHERER, Paul W
Date of birth
28 October 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35925339
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Luneville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 5 25

Immediate family

Members
Rudolph Scherer (father)
Theresa M. (Fruth) Scherer (mother)
Richard C. Scherer (brother)
William Scherer (brother
Mildred Scherer (wife)
Walter P. Scherer (son)

More information

Pvt Paul W. Scherer attended Lakewood High School and was employed at the Ohio Tool Company.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 4 January 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Saint James, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records, www.militaryhistoryonline.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Cleveland Plain Dealer - 26 Ocober 1944