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Personal info

Full name
BOHLING, Erwin H
Date of birth
10 September 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Auburn, Nebraska
Hometown
Great Bend, Cottonwood County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37116528
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Communications Chief
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity Gereonsweiler-Baesweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 16 30

Immediate family

Members
Wilhelm F.A. Bohling (father)
Freida M.L. (Buchholz) Bohling (mother)
Albert Bohling (brother)

More information

Sgt Erwin Bohling was married to Erna Holck on 31 December 1940.

He enlisted on 6 March 1942. He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 12 August 1944. He was promoted from T/5 to Sgt on 2 October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Mason City Globe-Gazette

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Joek Hulsmann