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Personal info

Full name
PFISTER, Ernest Jonas
Date of birth
28 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana
Hometown
Sun River, Cascade County, Montana

Military service

Service number
39622551
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
376th Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 February 1945
Place of death
Irsch, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 3 4

Immediate family

Members
Ernest E. Pfister (father)
Kathryn (Aldenger) Pfister (mother)
Catherine Pfister (sister)
Marguerite L. Pfister (sister)
Rudolph L. Pfister (brother)
Walter S. Pfister (brother)
Thomas G. Pfister (brother)
Julia J. Pfister (sister)
Katherine M. (Hobbs) Pfister (wife)
Barbara Pfister (daughter)
Gary Pfister (son)

More information

Pvt Ernest J. Pfister worked in the Bitter Root national forest for several years as alternate ranger and dispatcher.

He enlisted on 15 July 1944, and took his training at Camp Roberts, California. He went overseas in January 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Diana Langham Dobson Family Tree / Montana County Marriages / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com – Deborah Baxter Fink, www.newspapers.com – The Missoulian - 12 April 1945 / Great Falls Tribune - 16 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com – Great Falls Tribune - 16 March 1945