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Personal info

Full name
LEHMANN, Monroe Julius
Date of birth
11 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Minnesota
Hometown
Mason County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
O1018235
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
67th Armored Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Beggendorf-Baesweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 5 17

Immediate family

Members
Henry A. Lehmann (father)
Olga A. (Boelter) Lehmann (mother)
Gordon G. Lehmann (brother)
Marvin J. Lehmann (brother)
LeRoy H. Lehmann (brother)
Earl E. Lehmann (brother)
Warren R. Lehmann (brother)
Laura M.(Tessmer) Lehmann (wife)

More information

Lt Lehmann studied law at the University of Minnesota.

He went overseas in June 1944.

He was killed when an armor piercing shell hit his tank at a range of 300 yards.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - 2nd Armored Division, Drive to the Roer, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Birth Index / 1920/1930 Census / Jewish Servicemen Card, History 67th Armored Regiment

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Minneapolis Star - 17 January 1945