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Personal info

Full name
HIRNER, Paul Joseph
Date of birth
1 January 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Binghamton, Broome County, New York
Hometown
Broome County, New York
Ethnicity
White

Military service

Service number
32038296
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
643rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
Gustorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 4 25

Immediate family

Members
John Hirner (father)
Serafina (Panicek) Hirner (mother)
Mary Hirner (stepmother)
John Hirner (brother)
Anna Hirner (sister)
Velma Hirner (sister)
Jacinta M. Hirner (half sister)

More information

Sgt Paul J. Hirner enlisted in Elmhurst, New York on 3 April 1941. He graduated from Binghamton Central High School and was employed at Endicott Johnson Shoe Company

He was killed by artillery fire in the evening of 28 February 1945.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Hirner family/Bastiaan Klomp

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