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Personal info

Full name
SCRIBER, George Irving
Date of birth
10 December 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
Hometown
Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
35815122
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
11th Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 April 1945
Place of death
Near Wielandsweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 21 6

Immediate family

Members
George J. Scriber (father)
Jeanette A. (Miller) Scriber (mother)
Celestia E. Scriber (sister)
Florence G. Scriber (sister)
Laura E. Scriber (sister)
Zelda J. Scriber (sister)
Harry P. Scriber (brother)
Earl W. Scriber (brother)
Helen E. (Derrickson) Scriber (wife)
Leroy I. Scriber (son)
Delma Scriber (daughter)
Shirley Scriber (daughter)

More information

Pvt George I Scriber attended high school for two years and was a truck driver before he enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 11 July 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to the head.

He is remembered at the Nottawa Cemetery in Nottawa, St Joseph County, Michigan.

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. Social Security Applications and Claims Index / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Anne, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Anne