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Personal info

Full name
WEIDLER, George Corman
Date of birth
2 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Richland County, Ohio
Hometown
Ashland, Richland County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35522354
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 42 15

Immediate family

Members
David W. Weidler (father)
Clara S. (Corman) Weidler (mother)
Helen A. Weidler (sister)
John C. Weidler (brother)
Florence E. Weidler (sister)
Howard G. Weidler (brother)

More information

Sgt George C. Weidler attended Adarjo High School for four years and was employed by the Goodyear Aircraft Co. before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 17 November 1942.

He is remembered at the Trinity Cemetery in Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Henderson Berg Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Bill Miller's Dan / Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com - News Journal 28 August 1945
Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal 30 August 1945