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Personal info

Full name
FISCHER, Arthur W
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Queens, Queens County, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
12225522
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Near Longchamps, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 8 66

Immediate family

Members
William Fischer (father)
Francis K. (Baumeister) Fischer (mother)
Ruth F. Fischer (sister)

More information

Pvt Arthur W. Fischer volunteered for the US Army in Camp Upton Yaphank, New York on 31 August 1943.
He attended high school for 4 years.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Smith Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery