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Personal info

Full name
SCHREITER, Philip L
Date of birth
24 November 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
Hometown
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35333749
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Diekirch, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 1 44

Immediate family

Members
Paul C. Schreiter (father)
Beulah M. (Wolfe) Schreiter (mother)
Claude L. Schreiter (brother)

More information

Cpl Philip L. Schreiter attended college and was a checker before he enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 30 July 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Socie Schoetley Family Tree / U.S. School Yearbooks, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery