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Personal info

Full name
OERTLE, Paul Carl
Date of birth
19 May 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Barton County, Missouri
Hometown
Baker, Crawford County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37729381
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
38th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 January 1945
Place of death
Rocherath, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 15 20

Immediate family

Members
William A. Oertle (father)
Martha L. (McCool) Oertle (mother)
George W. Oertle (brother)
Irene (Blazair) Oertle (wife)
Jerry Oertle (son)
Wanda Oertle (daughter)

More information

Pfc Paul C. Oertle enlisted at Forth Leavenworth, Kansas on 18 December 1943.
He was a truck driver before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / McCool Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet