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Personal info

Full name
WEBER, Earl William
Date of birth
4 October 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Hillsboro, Traill County, North Dakota
Hometown
El Dorado, Traill County, North Dakota

Military service

Service number
37588069
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 2 24

Immediate family

Members
Gustav R. "Gust" Weber (father)
Dorothea W. (Mergenthal) Weber (mother)
Marjorie A. Weber (sister)
Franklin H. Weber (brother)
Gustav H. Weber (brother)

More information

Pvt. Earl W. Weber enlisted at Ft. Snelling, Minnesota on 22 January 1944.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Major M.