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Personal info

Full name
ASCHOFF, Harry Ernest
Date of birth
16 March 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
North Bergen, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42103845
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Alsdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 12 19

Immediate family

Members
Arthur A. Aschoff (father)
Amelia E. (Brinningan) Aschoff (mother)
Arthur A. Aschoff Jr. (brother)
Edward F. Aschoff (brother)
Charles Aschoff (brother)
Albert W. Aschoff (brother)
Andy Aschoff (brother)
Merwin P. Aschoff (brother)
Olga J. (Jautz) Aschoff (wife)
Harry E. Aschoff Jr. (son)

More information

Pfc Harry Aschoff was a foreman before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 10 January 1944.

He joined his unit from replacement depot on 3 August 1944 and was lightly wounded in action on 11 September 1944. He was promoted to Pfc on 1 December 1944. He was killed by a mortar shell in a foxhole.

He was first buried in a temporary grave at Margraten. He was disinterred on 2 July 1948 and his remains were prepared and placed in a casket on 6 July 1948. He was given his final resting place on 29 January 1949.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Harry E. Aschoff Jr. (son), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred, www.ancestry.com