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Personal info

Full name
MANHARDT, George William
Date of birth
12 February 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
O1061466
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Assistant Platoon Leader
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 6 18

Immediate family

Members
Charles D. Manhardt (father)
Mary E. A. (Huber) Manhardt (mother)
Karl G. Manhardt (brother)
Robert J. Manhardt (brother)

More information

2nd Lt George W. Manhardt graduated from Cansius College in 1939. He enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 26 January 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Dentinger Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Canisius College Archives - World War II Scrapbook, 1942 to 1946