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Personal info

Full name
SEGER, Eugene William "Buddy"
Date of birth
23 January 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Ligonier, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33668188
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
20 September 1945
Place of death
Wyler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Marcus S. Seger (father)
Annetta M. (Bishop) Seger (mother)
Emil C. Baehr (stepfather)
Marcus Seger (brother)
Keziah M. Seger (sister)
Jean L. Baehr (halfsister)
Philip Baehr (haflbrother)
Annetta M. Baehr (halfsister)

More information

Pvt Eugene W. Seger attended Connelly Trade School.

He enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 17 March 1943.

He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, Nara, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press

Photo source: www.findagrave.com