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Personal info

Full name
GENGLER, George H
Date of birth
5 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
42079973
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
Koenigsmacher, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 11

Immediate family

Members
George D. Gengler (father)
Margaret (French) Gengler (mother)
Margaret M. Gengler (sister)
Philip Gengler (brother)
William Gengler (brother)
Vincent W. Gengler (brother)
Ralph N. Gengler (brother)
Anna M. Gengler (sister)
Lucille Gengler (wife)

More information

Pvt George H. Gengler attended high school for 1 year and was a retail manager before he enlisted in Camp Upton, Yaphank, New York on 16 March 1944.
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 / Gengler Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census / New York Birth Index
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