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Personal info

Full name
WURM, Arnold Joseph
Date of birth
13 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Venice, Seneca County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35070710
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 6 40

Immediate family

Members
Alphons J. Wurm (father)
Rose M. (Ruffing) Wurm (mother)
Victor A. Wurm (brother)
Bernard A. Wurm (brother)
Clement M. Wurm (brother)
Mary E. Wurm (sister)
Robert P. Wurm (brother)
Lucille Wurm (sister)
Agnes Wurm (sister)

More information

Pfc Arnold J. Wurm graduated from Chatfield High School in 1943 and worked on a farm.

He enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 4 March 1944 and was sent overseas in July 1944.

At the time of his death, his brother Clement served in an army camp in Florida.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, www.newspapers.com

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