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Personal info

Full name
HOELSCHER, Alvin J
Date of birth
12 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
Corpus Cristi, Nueces County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38458490
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
48th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Peelkampweg, west of Overloon, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 1 17

Immediate family

Members
Erwin B. Hoelscher (father)
Irene H. (Ordner) Hoelscher (mother)
Gertrude Hoelscher (sister)
Lorine Hoelscher (sister)
Joseph W. Hoelscher (brother)
Sylvester Hoelscher (brother)
Helen Hoelscher (sister)
Leo Hoelscher (brother)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Joseph S. Hoelscher (nephew), www.wwiimemorial.com, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm, American Battle Monuments Commission, www.ancestry.com - Texas German Families / 1930 Census

Photo source: FOHF, Corpus Christi Caller-Times - 29 September 1945