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Personal info

Full name
BINDER, Paul Richter
Date of birth
23 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33776437
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
Near Uhlwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 10 37

Immediate family

Members
Samuel C. Binder (father)
Margaret E. Binder (mother)
Oliver Binder (brother)
Charles E. Binder (brother)
Fanny R. Binder (sister)
Martha D. Binder (sister)
Edna M. Binder (sister)
Helen Binder (sister)

More information

Pvt Paul R. Binder attended high school for four years before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 21 March 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave,com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy