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Personal info

Full name
EHRET, Samuel D
Date of birth
11 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Iowa
Hometown
Van Buren County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37693709
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
Schöntal, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 3 27

Immediate family

Members
Silas M. Ehret (father)
Veda Ehret (mother)
Mary A. Ehret (sister)
Abraham Ehret (brother)
Lester E. Ehret (brother)
Raymond Ehret (brother)
Roscoe Ehret (brother)
Dorthy Ehret (sister)

More information

Pfc Samuel D. Ehret worked on a farm.

He enlisted at Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa on 31 March 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Kaela Ehret (great-niece)