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Personal info

Full name
MEYER, Paul Donald
Date of birth
1 March 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
O1316702
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 February 1945
Place of death
In the vincity of Boslar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 18 6

Immediate family

Members
Emanuel L. Meyer (father)
Venere (Molino) Meyer (mother)
Henry C. Meyer (brother)
Marcelle J. Meyer (sister)
Nanette Meyer (sister)
Julienne Meyer (sister)
Elaine (Mitchell) Meyer (wife)
Nancy E. Meyer (daughter)

More information

1st Lt Paul D. Meyer enlisted in New York City, New York on 4 January 1942.

He was married to 2nd Lt Elaine Mitchell on 14 February 1944. Daughter Nancy was born on 24 November 1944.

After the war his widow remarried to his elder brother Henry Meyer. They had two daughters together.

One photo his daughter Nancy at her father's grave in Margraten.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census

Photo: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Fam. Hanssen, Nancy E. Meyer (daughter)