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Personal info

Full name
SCHUM, Victor Joseph
Date of birth
17 February 1917
Age
28
Place of birth
Lawrence, Nuckolls County, Nebraska
Hometown
Boulder County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
38083677
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
385th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 4 59

Immediate family

Members
John G. Schum (father)
Celestine E. (Wombacher) Schum (mother)
Vernon C. Schum (brother)

More information

Pfc Victor J. Schum was employed at Stearn's Dairy.

He enlisted on 28 January 1942. He had spent two years in the Aleutians before being sent to the ETO in December 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery