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Personal info

Full name
BEHLER, Curtis Franklin
Date of birth
19 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Palmerton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lower Towamensing, Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33481615
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division,
3rd Platoon
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Lindern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 4 24

Immediate family

Members
Frank D. Behler (father)
Elizabeth J. (Andreas) Behler (mother)
Alice R. Behler (sister)
Florence C. Behler (sister)
Audrus J. Behler (brother)
Robert O. Behler (brother)
Ralph H. Behler (brother)
Carl E. Behler (brother)
Edith Behler (sister)
Pauline A. (Everett) Behler (wife)
Barbara Behler (daughter)
Curtis F. Behler Jr. (son)

More information

Curtis Behler was a coal miner

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously. On 21 december 1944, to secure support of tank destroyers for his company which was pinned down, he made six trips across shell swept terrain to deliver firing data. He was mortally wounded but succeeded in calling a comrade and successfully transmitted his last message. He died of his wounds two days later.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File / Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Call