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Personal info

Full name
STRUM, Louis George
Date of birth
2 February 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32273914
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Automatic Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division,
1st Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Dieuze, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 9 39

Immediate family

Members
Chris Strum (brother)

More information

Pfc Louis G. Strum attended high school for four years before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 21 May 1923.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Mr. Morris J. Williams, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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