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Personal info

Full name
SPERL, Sylvester Chris
Date of birth
30 December 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Albany, Stearns County, Minnesota
Hometown
St. Louis County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37286127
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Saarlautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 13 16

Immediate family

Members
Aloys Sperl (father)
Frances (Wohletz) Sperl (mother)
Hyacinth A. Sperl (sister)
Alexander F. Sperl (brother)
Frances M. Sperl (sister)
Aloys R. Sperl (brother)
Anselom J. Sperl (brother)
Adelaide A. Sperl (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Sylvester C. Sperl enlisted on 12 July 1943 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Minnesota Birth Index / Miller Welters Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr, www.newspapers.com - St. Cloud Times

Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - St. Cloud Times