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Personal info

Full name
UHLER, Emil
Date of birth
24 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35064119
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schierke-Braunlage, Harz Mountains, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 11 12

Immediate family

Members
Paul Uhler (father)
Mary (Gregus) Uhler (mother)
Anna Uhler (sister)
Mary Uhler (sister)

More information

Sgt Emil Uhler attended Lakewood High School and had been employed at Fischer Aircraft Plant #2.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 27 May 1943 as a Private.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - Army Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 / Ohio, U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 / Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964, 1st Infantry Division Unit History, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Marilyn Peculis