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Personal info

Full name
RACHNER, Arthur E
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36357330
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 15

Immediate family

Members
Edward A. Rachner (father)

More information

Pfc Arthur E. Rachner enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 6 July 1942.
He attended high school for 1 year and worked in slaughtering and in preparation of meat products before he enlisted.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
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