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Personal info

Full name
GAUER, Kyle
Date of birth
17 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Green City, Sullivan County, Missouri
Hometown
Green City, Sullivan County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37244823
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
302nd Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 January 1945
Place of death
Near Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 1 83

Immediate family

Members
John M. Gauer (father)
Nola G. (Hensley) Gauer (mother)
Kenneth L. Gauer (brother)
Kermit E. Gauer (brother)
Wineva E. Gauer (sister)
Leota F. (Trask) Gauer (wife)

More information

Pfc Kyle Gauer graduated from Milan High School in 1941 and was employed at the stock yards in Kansas City.

He entered the service on 7 December 1942 and trained at Camp Phillips, Salina, Kansas and Camp McCain, Mississippi.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com - Mary Ann

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Milan Standard - 1 March 1945