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Personal info

Full name
SCHURMAN, Eugene Frederich
Date of birth
17 June 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Westfalen, Germany
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36691143
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Melay and La Mer, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 20 10

Immediate family

Members
Rudolph F. Schurman (father)
Anna K. (Otterbach) Schurman (mother)
Clara M. Schurman (sister)
Erna Schurman (sister)
Elizabeth E. Schurman (sister)
Erich R. Schurman (brother)
Ethel J. (Palm) Schurman (wife)

More information

Pvt Eugene F. Schurman was employed by the International Harvester Company.

In June 1944, In Italy, he was wounded by a machine gun bullet in the thigh. In August 1944, In France he was wounded in action by artillery shell fragments in the forearm.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his leg and back.

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 / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy