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Personal info

Full name
SCHROEDER, Arthur Jacob
Date of birth
21 September 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
St. Louis, Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37635723
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
Near Villeneuve, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Anton H. Schroeder (father)
Mathilda J. (Theobald) Schroeder (mother)
Walter J. Schroeder (brother)
Mary (Seabaugh) Schroeder (wife)

More information

Pvt Arthur J. Schroeder attended high school for two years and was employed at Emerson Electric in St. Louis before he enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 21 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / DNA Tree / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – R & S