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Personal info

Full name
PICHLER, Leo E
Date of birth
24 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Kersey, Elk County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Elk County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13048885
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 9 12

Immediate family

Members
Mathias Pichler (father)
Helen E. Pichler (mother)
Albert Pichler (brother)
Frank Pichler (brother)
Mathias Pichler (brother)
Marie Pichler (sister)
Alice Pichler (sister)
Carl Pichler (brother)
Evelyn Pichler (sister)
Edward Pichler (brother)
George Pichler (brother)
Gerald Pichler (brother)

More information

Cpl Leo E. Pichler volunteered for the U.S. Army in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 7 February 1942.

He was killed in combat in defiant defense of Bastogne, securing a forward area to knock out a German tank column on a railroad embankment.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - Michael, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII / 1930/1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Michael