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Name  Schreiber W Jr. Carl
Rank  2nd Lieutenant
Serial #  0-554655
Company  C
Unit  36AIR
Servicebranch  Infantry
State, City  Ohio, Harrison
Date of birth  1919-11-30
Date of death  1945-04-12
Place of death  Cologne area, Germany
Cause of death  Killed in Action
Plot,Row,Grave  9, ,
Cemetery   Glen Haven Cemetery USA
Awards  Purple Heart
Remarks  1st Rifle Squad, 1st Platoon, C Company It was the first day that 2 Lt. Schreiber was leading the platoon so S. Sgt Harris offered to lead his men through a mine field. The Lt. told S. Sgt Harris that he would lead the platoon so S.Sgt Harris just said ”yes sir”. He took five or six steps, hit a mine and 2Lt. Schreiber was dead.
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 (0-554655), photograph by: Julie Saylor  (0-554655)
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