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Personal info

Full name
UNGER, Lee Harold
Date of birth
14 February 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33871606
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
53rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hannocourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 30 31

Immediate family

Members
Henry S. Unger (father)
Belle (Henry) Unger (mother)
Edna M. Unger (sister)
Helen M. Unger (sister)
Alvin D. Unger (brother)
Clarence E. Unger (brother)
Mildred A. Unger (sister)
Ralph H. Unger (brother)
Elma L. Unger (sister)
Esther I. (Brandt) Unger (wife)
Arlene V. Unger (daughter)

More information

Pfc Lee H. Unger was married to Esther I. Brandt on 10 June 1939.

He enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 4 October 1943.

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

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Unger Family Tree / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII 1950-1956, AAR 53rd Infantry Battalion July 44 thru May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Marshall and Mary McIntyre