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Personal info

Full name
SERING, Joe
Date of birth
15 September 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Hometown
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35044648
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Battery,
80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 October 1944
Place of death
Middelaar-Katerbosch, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 16 7

Immediate family

Members
Harry Sering (father)
Rosa Sering (mother)
Charles Sering (brother)
Harry A. Sering (brother)
Bertha Sering (sister)
Rose Sering (sister)
Louise Sering (wife)
Ivan Sering (son)

More information

Joe Sering enlisted in March 1942 and had been overseas eighteen months.

Pvt Sering was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek in the Netherlands.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, WWII Draft Card, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.marketgarden.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Jewish Servicemen Card, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis News

Photo source: http://www.marketgarden.com/