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Personal info

Full name
AUERBACH, Alfred Malcolm
Date of birth
8 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Queens, Queens County, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York
Ethnicity
White
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
32316997
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
415th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Eudenbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 14 52

Immediate family

Members
Stanley C. Auerbach (father)
Mae Auerbach (mother)
Louis Auerbach (brother)
Helen Auerbach (sister)
Carl Auerbach (brother)
Marjorie Auerbach (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Alfred M. Auerbach enlisted at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York, on 16 April 1942. He attended college for 1 year and was a credit man before he enlisted.

He was killed by shrapnel.

He was first buried at Block L-4, Row 1 ,Grave 10 on 28 March 1945. His body was disinterred on 7 November 1947 and his remains were prepared and placed in a casket on 24 November 1947. He was given his final resting place on 26 April 1949.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Draft Registration Card / Jewish Servicemen Card / New York State Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Peter Schouteten