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Personal info

Full name
DAUER, Edward J
Date of birth
29 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Hornell, Steuben County, New York
Hometown
Hornell, Steuben County, New York

Military service

Service number
12209554
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
48th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 January 1945
Place of death
Rittershoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 38 17

Immediate family

Members
Raymond R. Dauer (father)
Camilla M. (Leahy) Dauer (mother)
Raymond R. Dauer Jr. (brother)
Doris E. Dauer (sister)
Donald Dauer (brother)
Thomas Dauer (brother)
Jeremiah Dauer (brother)

More information

T/5 Edward J. Dauer attended high school for two years before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Buffalo, New York on 9 December 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Wright Family Tree, http://14thad.org, www.findagrave.com

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