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Personal info

Full name
ERNST, Michel David
Date of birth
24 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Zablotow, Poland
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
42046366
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
11 December 1944
Place of death
Near the Altes Gymnasium, Rathausstrasse 40
Alsdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 6 4

Immediate family

Members
Freda Brunstein (sister)
Harry Ernst (brother)

More information

Pfc Michel D. Ernst was a mechanic and repairam before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 12 October 1943.

Pfc Ernst was killed in a traffic accident.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.archives.gov, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Jewish Servicemen Card / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Joel David