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Personal info

Full name
KREEGER, Emory Leroy
Date of birth
2 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
York, York County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
York, York County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33949125
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
68th Armored Infantry Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 February 1945
Place of death
Near Oberhoffen-sur-Moder, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 11 24

Immediate family

Members
Theodore Kreeger (father)
Iva E. Kreeger (mother)
Cletus E. Kreeger (brother)
Fredric Kreeger (brother)
James Kreeger (brother)
John Kreeger (brother)
Howard Kreeger (brother)
Woodrow W. Kreeger (brother)
Freda Kreeger (sister)
Catharine H. (Scheidler) Kreeger (wife)
Louise Kreeger (daughter)
Susan N. Kreeger (daughter)

More information

Pvt Emory L. Kreeger was a tractor-trailer truck driver for John Hamberger in Dallastown before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 16 June 1944.

He received his basic training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Feidt Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, http://14thad.org, www.newspapers.com - The Gazette and Daily 2 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - The Gazette and Daily 2 March 1945, York Daily Record 16 December 1944