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Personal info

Full name
PFAFF, Marvin Ellis
Date of birth
5 December 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
South Sioux City, Dakota County, Nebraska
Hometown
Dakota County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37482500
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 8 25

Immediate family

Members
Charles Pfaff Jr. (father)
Jessica L. (Brown) Pfaff (mother)
Russell L. Pfaff (brother)
Charles N. Pfaff (brother)
Laurine Pfaff (sister)

More information

Pvt Marvin E. Pfaff employed at the Armour Packing Plant.

He enlisted in June 1943 and sent overseas in May 1944.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Penny Berry Parsons Collins Tree / 1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Eagle - 18 January 1945