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Personal info

Full name
GERLING, Louis W F
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
St. Louis, Missouri
Hometown
Missouri

Military service

Service number
6933984
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Military Policeman
Unit
HQ Company,
3rd Infantry Division,
Military Police Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 October 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 19 62

Immediate family

Members
Louis W. Gerling (father)
Selma W. (Dodel) Gerling (mother)
Clarence H. Gerling (brother)
Viola K. Gerling (sister)
Wilma Gerling (sister)
Charles E. Gerling (brother)
Harold W. Gerling (brother)
Elmer G. Gerling (brother)
Florence Gerling (sister)
Selma Gerling (sister)
Kenneth J. Gerling (brother)

More information

Pfc Louis W. F. Gerling attended high school for one year before he joined the Regular Army.

He was killed by a landmine.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards / Allmeroth Family Tree, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy