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Personal info

Full name
IDELER, Martin "Marty"
Date of birth
27 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Bronxville, Westchester County, New York
Hometown
Westchester County, New York

Military service

Service number
12103058
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Gunner
Unit
466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 7 10

Immediate family

Members
Edwin Ideler (father)
Pearl (Sutherland) Ideler (mother)
Juliette Ideler (sister)

More information

Pfc Martin Ideler graduated from Bronxville High School and was well known for his hot trombone and took part in the orchestra, band and chorus. In sports, he ran and played basketball.

He enlisted in Ithaca, New York on 10 November 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, NARA, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.unithistories.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - The Berkshire Eagle

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Bronxville High School Yearbook 1941