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Personal info

Full name
VOIGT, Albert Gustav
Date of birth
28 July 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Apache, Caddo County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Garfield, Kossuth County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37190343
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Anti-Tank Company,
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 October 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 9 32

Immediate family

Members
Robert W. Voigt (father)
Amanda M. (Schulenburg) Voigt (mother)
Herman F. W. Voigt (brother)
Martha M. M. Voigt (sister)
Wilhelm R. C. Voigt (brother)
Martin G. C. Voigt (brother)
Robert W. C. Voigt (brother)
Viola A. A. Voigt (sister)

More information

Pfc Albert G. Voigt enlisted 2 April 1942 and went overseas 13 March 1944.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Don Sweaney, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / MJF Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Don Sweaney, www.newspapers.com - Globe Gazette Iowa - 9 November 1944
Photo source: Jerry Yocum, Historian Camp Algona Pow Museum, Algona, IA