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Personal info

Full name
GUENTHER, David Leonard
Date of birth
3 April 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
St. Louis, Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37623956
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Leyr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 30 21

Immediate family

Members
David T. Guenther (father)
Margaret A. (Miller) Guenther (mother)
Dorothy Guenther (sister)
Evelyn C. Guenther (wife)

More information

Pvt David L. Guenther was in the garage business before he enlisted at the Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 8 August 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The St. Louis Star and Times, 5 December 1944