Margraten Netherlands American Cemetery Erie Co. Burials [BEC01]

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Buried in Margraten Netherlands American Cemetery

Mr. Caris is a citizen of the Netherlands and has recently adopted the grave of 1st Liet. Kenneth R. Robinson. He noted that of the 8302 graves in Margraten, 1017 are from Pennsylvania, 24 from Erie County. Anyone having questions about material on this page should directed to Bert Caris.

In January 2008, Mr. Frits Kruishaar of Brunssum, Netherlands, forwarded information and a photo of another grave in this cemetery of another soldier who entered service from Erie. This information is being added below.

Albert G. Allgeier Sergeant, U.S. Army no: 33408128	474th Anti-Aircraft Arty (Automatic Weapons) Battalion Entered the Service From: Pennsylvania Died: April 16, 1945 Buried at: Plot H, Row 1, Grave 13; Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Purple Heart
Walter A. Boehm Private First Class, U.S. Army no: 33159750	517th Signal Co. 17th Airborne Division Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: March 24, 1945 Buried at: Plot E, Row 3, Grave 10; Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Purple Heart
Kenneth C. Brown Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces Serial no. 13172568	776th Bomber Squadron 464th Bomber Group, Heavy Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: October 16, 1944 Buried at: Plot C, Row 4, Grave 12; Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
John F. Bucklin Private, U.S. Army Serial no: 33712900405 Infantry Regiment	405 Infantry Regiment 102 Infantry Division Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: February 25, 1945 Buried at: Plot G, Row 10, Grave 6; Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Purple Heart
Eugene J. DeVoge Private, U.S. Army Serial no: 33435075	333rd Infantry Regiment 84th Infantry Division Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: May 5, 1945 Buried at: M.I.A. or Buried at Sea; Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster
[record added 01/30/08] John Frankovitz Technical Sergeant Fourth Class, serial number 33411054	311th Engineer Combat Battallion 86th Infantry Division Entered the US Army 3 Feb. 1943 in Erie Died: April 15, 1945 in Germany Buried at: Plot H, Row 2, Grave 7, Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Edwin J. Gott Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces Serial no: 3374816	579th Bomber Squadron 392nd Bomber Group, Heavy Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: October 4, 1943 Buried at: M.I.A. or Buried at Sea; Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Purple Heart
Hugh F. Hilditch Private, U.S. Serial no: 33712804	19th Infantry Battalion 8th Armored Division Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: April 17, 1945 Buried at: Plot G, Row 3, Grave 26; Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Purple Heart
Joseph A. Kacpura Private First Class, U.S. Army Serial no: 33680986	83rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: March 29, 1945 Buried at: Plot A, Row 16, Grave 13; Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Purple Heart
John R. Kimball Private First Class, U.S. Army Serial no. 33766390	342nd Infantry Division 86th Infantry Division Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: April 11, 1945 Buried at: Plot I, Row 15, Grave 4; Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Leonard K. Malanowski Private, U.S. Army Serial no: 33680981	87th Cavalry Reconn Squadron 7th Armored Division Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: October 27, 1944 Buried at: Plot P, Row 9, Grave 5; Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Purple Heart
John E. May Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Serial no: 01060876	407th Infantry Regiment 102nd Infantry Division Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: December 17, 1944 Buried at: M.I.A. or Buried at Sea; Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Wesley H. McDannel Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces Serial no: 33273504	327th Bomber Squadron 92nd Bomber Group, Heavy Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: March 2, 1944 Buried at: Plot N, Row 22, Grave 3; Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Marion Michalak Private, U.S. Army Serial no: 33411352	377th Field Artillery Bn 101st Airborne Division Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: September 21, 1944 Buried at: Plot L, Row 14, Grave 2; Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Bernard L. Morton Technician 5th Class, U.S. Army Serial no: 13134676	3951st Quartermaster Truck Company Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: May 11, 1945 Buried at: Plot E, Row 16, Grave 14; Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands
Leroy O. Musolff Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Serial no: O-887515	112th Infantry Regiment 28th Infantry Division Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: November 8, 1944 Buried at: Plot C, Row 10, Grave 4; Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Kenneth R. Robinson First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Serial no: O1017113/td>	36th Tank Division 8th Armored Division Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: March 5, 1945 Buried at: Plot M, Row 10, Grave 5; Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Silver Star (Posthumous)
Jesse G. Salajczyk Sergeant, U.S. Army Serial no: 33680960	116th Infantry Regiment 29th Infantry Division Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: December 5, 1944 Buried at: Plot K, Row 12, Grave 12; Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Purple Heart
Theodore D. Sechrist Private, U.S. Army Serial no: 33934979	334th Infantry Regiment 84th Infantry Division Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: December 4, 1944 Buried at: Plot L, Row 11, Grave 12; Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Purple Heart
Truman A. Shannon First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces Serial no: O-733737	326th Bomber Squadron 92nd Bomber Group Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: November 26, 1943 Buried at: M.I.A. or Buried at Sea; Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Joseph M. Smith Private, U.S. Army Serial no: 13058581	504th Parachute Infantry Regiment 82nd Airborne Division Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: October 4, 1944 Buried at: Plot F, Row 1, Grave 4; Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
John R. Snyder Private, U.S. Army Serial no: 33933010	120th Infantry Regiment 30th Infantry Division Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: Novemeber 18, 1944 Buried at: Plot E, Row 18, Grave 4; Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Purple Hearts
Patsy Ventura Private, U.S. Army Serial no: 33679756	691st Field Artillery Battalion Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: November 29, 1944 Buried at: Plot D, Row 3, Grave 8; Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Purple Heart
Dennis B. Weaver Second Lietenant, U.S. Army Air Forces Serial no: O-680973	376th Fighter Squadron 361st Fighter Group Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: February Buried at: M.I.A. or Buried at Sea; Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Gerard J. Wickles Private First Class, U.S. Army Serial no: 13134991	175th Infantry Regiment 29th Infantry Entered Service From: Pennsylvania Died: November 18, 1944 Buried at: Plot E, Row 10, Grave 17; Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Awards: Purple Heart

This page was originally created on Wednesday, January 5, 2005.

This page was last updated on Wednesday, January 30, 2008.

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