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Personal info

Full name
SADLER, Louis James
Date of birth
11 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35916424
Rank
Private
Function
Ammunition Handler
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
38th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sillegny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 16 48

Immediate family

Members
Louis P. Sadler (father)
Victoria A. Sadler (mother)
Shirley Sadler (sister)
George D. Carson (half brother)
Ronald J. Carson (half brother)
Joan E. Carson (half sister)

More information

Pvt Louis J. Sadler enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 18 September 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1998, https://www.7tharmddiv.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - kim