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Personal info

Full name
JEHLEN, Carl Earl
Date of birth
2 September 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Hometown
Rochester, Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
32139494
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
61st Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
Ehrang, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 13 47

Immediate family

Members
Thomas D. M. Jehlen (father)
Bertha Jehlen (mother)
Callista E. Jehlen (sister)
Warren D. Jehlen (brother)
Louisa A. D. Jehlen (sister)
Norma Jehlen (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Carl E. Jehlen was employed at the Wm B. Morse Lumber Company before he enlisted in Rochester, New York on 2 May 1942. He was sent overseas in September 1944.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his leg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Taylor Ellett Family Tree, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, www.newspapers.com – Democrat and Chronicle 18 March 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Democrat and Chronicle 18 March 1945