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Personal info

Full name
RAABE, Louis
Date of birth
5 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Phillipsburg, Warren County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
12009666
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Le Tholy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 14 62

Immediate family

Members
Louis Raabe (father)
Lillian E. (Tatcher) Raabe (mother)
Raymond Raabe (brother)
Theodore Raabe (brother)
Elizabeth R. (Myers) Raabe (wife)

More information

Pfc Louis Raabe was a production worker employed by the Ingersoll Rand Company.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 29 June 1943 and was sent overseas in March 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History of the 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: - www.findagrave.com - Andy / Christine Hehir