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Personal info

Full name
METZLER, Alex
Date of birth
25 December 1914
Age
29
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
Wyandotte County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37210063
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
Bell Tower
Ensdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 32 4

Immediate family

Members
Andrew Metzler (father)
Amelia (Schimpf) Metzler (mother)
Bertha Metzler (sister)
Anna Metzler (sister)
David Metzler (brother)
Harry Metzler (brother)
Evelyn A. (Morrison) Metzler (wife)

More information

Pfc Alex Metzler was shot by a German Sniper while taking a short break in a Bell Tower in Germany.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, George R. Pasalich, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – George (Jody) R. Pasalich, www.WWIImemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pagano Family Tree / 1925 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - George R. Paselich