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Personal info

Full name
GEIST, Homer C
Date of birth
8 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33490925
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Illange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 11 5

Immediate family

Members
Milton J. Geist (father)
Ruth E. (Bach) Geist (mother)
Arthur M. D. Geist (brother)
Geraldine M. Geist (sister)
Stanley R. Geist (brother)
Doris Geist (sister)

More information

Pvt Homer Geist enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 10 February 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com - Carrie Bias Hoffert