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Personal info

Full name
FOHR, Milton E
Date of birth
11 March 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Hales Corners, Racine County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36988819
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Goslar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 5 20

Immediate family

Members
William Fohr (father)
Emma (Benning) Fohr (mother)
Norman Fohr (brother)
Myron Fohr (brother)
Earl Fohr (brother)
Myrtle Fohr (sister)
Elaine E. (Wolf) Fohr (wife)
Caryl J. Fohr (daughter)
Glen Fohr (son)

More information

Milton E. Fohr was employed at Badger Foundry in Racine before he enlisted in June 1944. He was reported wounded in action on 15 January 1945 in Belgium for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.stiwotforum.nl, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, 83rd Infantry Division Documents

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Rita Lisson