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Personal info

Full name
SCHROEDER, Ewald Elmo
Date of birth
1 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Rockdale, Milam County, Texas
Hometown
Rockdale, Milam County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38562719
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Wallendorf Bridge, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 5 55

Immediate family

Members
Emil H. Schroeder (father)
Annie E. (Backhaus) Schroeder (mother)

More information

Pfc Ewald E. Schroeder enlisted in Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 25 February 1944.

He was killed by German machine gun fire on the Wallendorf bridge, Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Texas Birth Certificates / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.wwiimemorial.com – Mrs Minnie Schlortt