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Personal info

Full name
SCHRAFF, Frederick E Jr
Date of birth
2 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42110115
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
49th Armored Infantry Battalion,
8th Armored Division,
3rd Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
Vicinity of Rheinberg, Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 8 23

Immediate family

Members
Frederick E. Schraff (father)
Hilda M. (Cahoon) Schraff (mother)
Barbara E. Schraff (sister)
William E. Schraff (brother)
Richard E. Schraff (brother)

More information

Pvt Frederick E. Schraff Jr. completed four years of high school

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 27 March 1944.

On the group photo, he poses with his brothers and sisters, as eldest, he is the laste one in the row.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Hoff Stecker Family Tree, 8th Armored Division "Thundering Herd" Unit History

Photosource: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Kathleen Nullet / Ronald Quadvlieg