JR

John Lewis Rausch

Corporal Army World War II

Army
Army
Corporal
Corporal
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Corporal
Unit
Battery D, 134th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion
Conflict / Era
World War II
Years of Service
1943 – 1946
Date of Birth
05/01/1921
Date of Death
09/01/1972
Hometown
Paris, OH
Awards & Decorations
Good Conduct Medal; American Campaign Medal; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 2 Bronze Stars; World War II Victory Medal
Burial Location
Darby Twp: St. John's Lutheran
Monument Paver
No
Overseas Service
Rhineland, Ardennes, Northern France; Central Europe
Township (entering service)
Paris
Township (current / at death)
Paris
Church
St. John's Lutheran Church, Marysville, Ohio
School
UNKNOWN
Record Authenticated
No

Decorations

Good Conduct Medal
Good Conduct Medal

Biography

Overseas service: Rhineland, Ardennes, Northern France; Central Europe. Church: St. John's Lutheran Church, Marysville, Ohio. School: UNKNOWN. Serial #35622403; enlisted 01/11/1943; honorably discharged 01/09/1946, with a rank of Private First Class; discharge lists active service dates of 01/18/1943 to 01/09/1946; veteran data form lists active service date as 1945

Source: Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 4, p. 218; veteran data form submitted by Joyce Garrard | Ancestry - Find A Grave