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WEBER, Ross W - Date of
birth
1917 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Illinois -
Hometown
Owega, Livingston County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
16017602 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
8 October 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Fort Driant, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Walter C. Weber (father)
Elizabeth B. (Bannister) Weber (mother)
Glen E. Weber (brother)
Dale E. Weber (brother)
Robert E. Weber (brother)
Donna B. Weber (sister)
More information
Pfc. Ross W. Weber worked on a farm.He joined the Regular Army in Peoria, Illinois on 12 December 1940.
According to a report of 2nd Lt Goell, B Company was ordered to attack a section of Fort Driant on 7 October 1944. The platoon of S/Sgt Pihera was surrounded in a concrete shelter were they had assembled for re-organization and were killed by enemy small arms and artillery fire. No attempts could be made to evacuate the remains of casualties incurred in this action due to the tactital position of the enemy. Field investigations were conducted in the area in May 1948 and January 1950 with negative results.
Pfc Ross was declared officially dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
His brother Robert served with the with the 1st Infantry Division and was killed in action on 15 April 1945.
Both are remembered at the Patty Cemetery in Pontiac, Illinois.
Source of information: Leo Minne, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Bryant Leroy Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, IDPF - courtesy of the 7th AD Association
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dave Hansen / MidWestMom