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Personal info

Full name
VON SEGGERN, Vernon
Date of birth
25 February 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Dodge County, Nebraska
Hometown
Hooper, Dodge County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
O1014336
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Near Puttelange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 21 15

Immediate family

Members
Henry B. Von Seggern (father)
Augusta C. L. (Simonson) Von Seggern (mother)
Irma Von Seggern (sister)
Kathryn M. (McNamara) Von Seggern (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Vernon Von Seggern attended Uehling High School and worked on a farm.

He was sent overseas in August 1944.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Frederickson Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Keith, www.super6th.org
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