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Personal info

Full name
SCHRAMKE, Paul A
Date of birth
17 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Mascoutah, St. Clair County, Illinois
Hometown
Mascoutah, St. Clair County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36078944
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
44th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
18 October 1944
Place of death
Chenicourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 23 67

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Schramke (father)
Clara (Wietrychowsk) Schramke (mother)
Laura M. Schramke (sister)
Edmund J. Schramke (brother)
Bruno Schramke (brother)
Lucille Schramke (sister)

More information

Pvt Paul A. Schramke was employed at the National Youth Adminstration before he enlisted.

He was wounded in action 9 October in France and died of his wounds 18 October 1944.

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.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Roemer Parmer Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The St. Louis Star and Times 2 November 1944, www.super6th.org
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