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Personal info

Full name
SCHUBERT, Elmer Richard
Date of birth
23 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
New Baltimore, Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
Mahoning County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35608472
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
Riethorst, The Hill, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 2 1

Immediate family

Members
George Schubert (father)
Mary Schubert (mother)
Frank J. Schubert (brother)
Sebastian Schubert (brother)
George Schubert Jr. (brother)
John Schubert (brother)
Anna M. Schubert (sister)
Alma K. Schubert (sister)
Helen M. Schubert (sister)
Raymond Schubert (brother)

More information

Pfc Elmer R. Schubert enlisted at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 3 April 1943.

His brother George is also buried at Margraten Cemetery.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, Fold3, Market Garden, http://www.ww2-airborne.us

Photo source: Market Garden