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Personal info

Full name
MILLER, John Edward
Date of birth
18 March 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa
Hometown
Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota
Ethnicity
White
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
37589313
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Litter Bearer
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
Limburg an der Lahn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 18 22

Immediate family

Members
Jean P. Miller (father)
Lorna L. (Chadwick) Miller (mother)
Merrill B. Miller (brother)
Lorna J. Miller (sister)
Helen E. Miller (sister)

More information

Pfc John E. Miller attended the Albert Lea High School

He enlisted at Fort Snelling Minnesota on 8 February 1944 and was sent overseas in October 1944, arriving in France on 4 December 1944.

He was taken prisoner on 3 Janaury 1945 and died at Stalag IX-B.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees, www.findagrave.com - www.newspaperarchive.com - Albert Lea Evening Tribune

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspaperarchive.com - Albert Lea Evening Tribune

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