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REUSCH, Hubert Louis - Date of
birth
8 January 1917 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio -
Hometown
Lucas County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35283868 -
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade -
Function
Assistant Driver -
Unit
A Company,
17th Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
18 September 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Sillegny, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Louis C. Reusch (father)
Flossie A. (Ehlert) Reusch (mother)
Reynold C. Reusch (brother)
More information
T/4 Hubert L. Reusch graduated from Libbey High School in 1935 and was employed at the Doehler Die Casting Company.He enlisted on 5 February 1942 at Camp Perry, Lacarne, Ohio.
His tank received a direct hit and burst into flames. Witnesses testified at the time, that it would have been impossible for T/4 Reusch to have evacuated the burning vehicle. The tank was examined at a later date but no trace of him could be found due to the complete destruction of the tank interior. It can be concluded that he was killed in this tank and the remains totally consumed in the resultant fire.
He is remembered at the Toledo Memorial Park in Sylvania, Ohio.
Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1998 / https://www.7tharmddiv.org
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – moose / www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks, 1900-1999, Ohio, Toledo, Libbey High School 1934, 1935