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SILBERNAGEL, John - Date of
birth
1922 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Strasburg, Emmons County, North Dakota -
Hometown
Emmons County, North Dakota
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37595424 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
4 December 1944 - Place of
death
South of Ensdorf, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| E | 11 | 31 |
Immediate family
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Members
John Silbernagel (father)
Angela (Miller) Silbernagel (mother)
Ottilia Silbernagel (sister)
Joseph Silbernagel (brother)
Cecilia Silbernagel (sister)
Rosamaria Silbernagel (sister)
Peter J. Silbernagel (brother)
Max Silbernagel (brother)
Adam Silbernagel (brother)
Felix J. Silbernagel (brother)
Leopoldina Silbernagel (sister)
Albert Silbernagel (brother)
More information
Pvt John Silbernagel enlisted in Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 25 May 1944.He worked on a farm before he enlisted.
He was reported missing and was buried in a mass grave with 8 other soldiers in a little cemetery in Ensdorf until after the war. He was officially listed as unknown X-3233 until he was reburied in 1948.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Lyle Silbernagel (nephew), www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Ternes Family Tree / Rouse Wolfe Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - wlrouse, www.wwiimemorial.com - Lyle Silbernagel (nephew)