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Personal info

Full name
VIETHER, Earl Edward
Date of birth
9 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa
Hometown
Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36782812
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Lierneux, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 8 38

Immediate family

Members
Henry O. Viether (father)
Della M. (Timm) Viether (mother)
Elmer F. Viether (brother)
Raymond C. Viether (brother)
Kenneth H. Viether (brother)
Harvey L. Viether (brother)
Orville O. Viether (brother)
Norman L. Viether (brother)

More information

Sgt Viether joined him joining the unit from the 41st Replacement Battalion on 1 August 1944.

Besides Sgt Earl E. Viether five of his brothers also served. Kenneth was stationed in England in an engineer battalion, Raymond served in France, Harvey fought in the Pacific. Orville died of wounds in Italy on 24 January 1944. He is buried at the American Military Cemetery of Sicily-Rome in Nettuno, Italy.


Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Iowa, Births and Christenings Index / Grimes Family Tree, 1930/1940 Census / U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Rock Island Argus 16 August 1944