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Personal info

Full name
WELGE, Earl Woodrow
Date of birth
14 March 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Hillsboro, Montgomery County, Illinois
Hometown
Hillsboro, Montgomery County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36780032
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 3 53

Immediate family

Members
Frederick W. Welge (father)
Elzia M. (Hendricks) Welge (mother)
Louis H. Welge (brother)
Frederick W. Welge Jr. (brother)
Elizabeth Welge (sister)
Paul A. Welge (brother)
Wayne W. Welge (brother)
Winifred (Griffin) Welge (wife)
Richard E. Welge (son)

More information

Pvt Earl W. Welge was employed at the Ball Brothers Glass Plant before he enlisted on 4 January 1944. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census / Welge Family Tree, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery