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Personal info

Full name
SAUER, Allen C
Date of birth
19 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Middleburgh, Schoharie County, New York
Hometown
Albany County, New York

Military service

Service number
6977317
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 3 22

Immediate family

Members
Paul Sauer (father)
Anna H. (Grimm) Sauer (mother)
Gustave H. Sauer (brother)
Fred C. Sauer (brother)
Anna S. Sauer (sister)
Helen Sauer (sister)
Edith Herbst (half sister)
Fred C. Herbst (half brother)
Ferdinand Herbst (half brother)

More information

Pvt Allen C. Sauer joined the Regular Army on 22 June 1939. He was stationed at various camps before he was transferred to the infantry in May 1944 and received training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He was sent overseas in November 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Anna S. Brooks, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / New York State Birth Index

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.wwiimemorial.com - Anna S. Brooks