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Personal info

Full name
THEURER, Alfred Pyott
Date of birth
24 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Drexel Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Drexel Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33941402
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 March 1945
Place of death
Near Kaiserslautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 22 24

Immediate family

Members
Frederick G. Theurer (father)
Esther L. (Pyott) Theurer (mother)
Frederick W. Theurer (brother)
Percy D. Theurer (brother)
Ella E. Theurer (sister)
Edgar T. Theurer (brother)
Katherine A. Theurer (sister)
Esther M. Theurer (sister)
Louise M. Theurer (sister)
Margaret M. (McNamee) Theurer (wife)
Eileen M. Theurer (daughter)

More information

Pvt Alfred P. Theurer was a foreman in an amusement park before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 31 May 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his buttock and hip.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Webster Family Tree / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Laura S, www.ancestry.com - Imwebby