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Personal info

Full name
BORCHERS, Frederick Charles
Date of birth
1 October 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33234619
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
Near Mülheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 6 36

Immediate family

Members
William F. H. Borchers (father)
Martha C. (Richter) Borchers (mother)
Martha Borchers (sister)
Annetta Borchers (sister)
William Borchers (brother)
Ethel Borchers (sister)
Irvin Borchers (brother)
Mildred M. (Herner) Borchers (wife)
Frederick C. Borchers (son)

More information

S/Sgt Frederick C. Borchers enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 26 June 1942. He received his basic training at Fort Meade, Maryland and was also stationed at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia and Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.

He was married to Mildred M. Herner on 28 December 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947, http://www.lonesentry.com/usdivisions/history/infantry/division/76th_infantry_division.html, http://76thdivision.com/304/history_304th_004.html
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem