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Personal info

Full name
SCHROEDER, Harry John
Date of birth
8 November 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36316131
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Moyenvic, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 23 51

Immediate family

Members
Harry T. Schroeder (father)
Emilie E. A. (Herbst) Schroeder (mother)
Raymond T. Schroeder (brother)
Muriel E. Schroeder (sister)

More information

Pfc Harry J. Schroeder was employed at the Pennsylvania Rail Road before he enlisted at Camp Grant, Illinois on 5 February 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Zabroski Barnes Vanhover Family, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Ibrannam