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Personal info

Full name
EBERSOHL, Richard Robert
Date of birth
6 November 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
De Soto, Jackson County, Illinois
Hometown
Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36109399
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 January 1945
Place of death
Near Andler, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 5 2

Immediate family

Members
John Ebersohl (father)
Louisa (Deitz) Ebersohl (mother)
Alfred G. Ebersohl (brother)
John Freeman Ebersohl (brother)
Leonard E. Ebersohl (brother)
John Friedrich Ebersohl (brother)
Clarence H. Ebersohl (brother)
Homer L. Ebersohl (brother)
Charles E. Ebersohl (brother)
Mary L. Ebersohl (sister)
Estella C. Ebersohl (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Richard R. Ebersohl enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 8 April 1941. He was stationed at Pearl Harbor at the time of the attack on 7 December 1941. He was sent to France in 1944.

S/Sgt Ebersohl is remembered at the Indian Hill Cemetery in Jackson County, Illinois.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Our Roots and Branches / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com - Maree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Maree