PFC 121 Inf. U.S. Army - Died during WWII
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Eddie Gerl, 3-Sport Letter Winner Killed
1942 All-Conference Ship Center Is Killed In France
PFC Eddie Gerl, 20, all-conference Lincoln high school center in 1942, and a three-sport star on Ship teams, as killed in France January 3.
A telegram from the War Department advised his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Gerl of 1809 Wollmer street late yesterday that their son had been killed in action in the fighting in the Belgium bulge. He was a member of an infantry unit with the First U.S. army.
Gerl is the second Lincoln high athlete to be killed in France. Staff Sergeant John (Jack) Krohn, who was killed late in December, was graduated at Lincoln high school in 1941, and was a letter winner in both football and basketball.
A requiem high mass for PFC. Gerl will be held at the St. Pauls Catholic church next Wednesday morning at eight o’clock.
Was Also Co-Captain
In addition to being selected by Fox Valley conference sports writers in the fall of 1942 for the post of center on the all-conference team Gerl was co-captain of the Lincoln football team that season. His play was a big factor in the success of Coach Nello Pacetti’s Red and White eleven in 1942. Although Gerl weighed only a little over 150 pounds in his senior year his scrappy defensive play made him a standout in Valley conference games. He was a deadly tackler, a keen play spotter and fast. He intercepted many passes and his offensive play left little
to be desired.
In addition to playing in the line in his three years at Lincoln, Gerl also won letters in basketball and track. He was a guard on the basketball team and a pole vaulter on the track squad. Coaches Pacetti and Al Guepe, under whom Gerl worked, had words of praise today for the former grid, basketball and track star. Always cool under fire he was able to carry out orders from the coaches to the last letter.
Eddie Gerl was born in this city in 1925 and attended Washington junior high school, from which he was graduated in June 1943. He was class treasurer in his junior year, homecoming king in his senior year, on the prom committee and a member of the student council.
Overseas in August
He entered the service in October, 1943, and trained at Camp Wolters and Howzie in Texas before going overseas in August, 1944. He served in a hospital unit in Belgium in December and Life magazine of December 11 carried a full page picture of Gerl and three companions carrying a wounded American doughboy back from the front lines in Belgium.
By a strange coincidence the late Edward Gerl, after whom Private Gerl was named, was the first Manitowoc soldier killed overseas in World War I. Eddie’s uncle was drowned in the English channel in 1918, when a German U-boat sank the transport Moldavia.
Surviving PFC. Gerl are his parents and a brother, Corporal
William Gerl, now in the U.S. air corps overseas.
Manitowoc Herald Times, January 18, 1945 P. 14
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Requiem Masses For Soldiers To Be Said
Two requiem high masses for Manitowoc soldiers killed overseas are to be held in Manitowoc churches tomorrow and Wednesday.
A high mass for Corporal Elwood Krueger, who was killed in Belgium Dec. 23, will be held at Holy Innocents church Tuesday morning at 7 a.m., the E.A. Radey officiating.
A mass for Pfc. Eddie Gerl, also killed in Belgium, will be held Wednesday at 9 a.m. at the St. Pauls Catholic church, the Rev. Martin Jaekels officiating.
Manitowoc Herald Times, January 22, 1945 P. 2
ossw his parents
Eddie Gerl, 3-Sport Letter Winner Killed
1942 All-Conference Ship Center Is Killed In France
PFC Eddie Gerl, 20, all-conference Lincoln high school center in 1942, and a three-sport star on Ship teams, as killed in France January 3.
A telegram from the War Department advised his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Gerl of 1809 Wollmer street late yesterday that their son had been killed in action in the fighting in the Belgium bulge. He was a member of an infantry unit with the First U.S. army.
Gerl is the second Lincoln high athlete to be killed in France. Staff Sergeant John (Jack) Krohn, who was killed late in December, was graduated at Lincoln high school in 1941, and was a letter winner in both football and basketball.
A requiem high mass for PFC. Gerl will be held at the St. Pauls Catholic church next Wednesday morning at eight o’clock.
Was Also Co-Captain
In addition to being selected by Fox Valley conference sports writers in the fall of 1942 for the post of center on the all-conference team Gerl was co-captain of the Lincoln football team that season. His play was a big factor in the success of Coach Nello Pacetti’s Red and White eleven in 1942. Although Gerl weighed only a little over 150 pounds in his senior year his scrappy defensive play made him a standout in Valley conference games. He was a deadly tackler, a keen play spotter and fast. He intercepted many passes and his offensive play left little
to be desired.
In addition to playing in the line in his three years at Lincoln, Gerl also won letters in basketball and track. He was a guard on the basketball team and a pole vaulter on the track squad. Coaches Pacetti and Al Guepe, under whom Gerl worked, had words of praise today for the former grid, basketball and track star. Always cool under fire he was able to carry out orders from the coaches to the last letter.
Eddie Gerl was born in this city in 1925 and attended Washington junior high school, from which he was graduated in June 1943. He was class treasurer in his junior year, homecoming king in his senior year, on the prom committee and a member of the student council.
Overseas in August
He entered the service in October, 1943, and trained at Camp Wolters and Howzie in Texas before going overseas in August, 1944. He served in a hospital unit in Belgium in December and Life magazine of December 11 carried a full page picture of Gerl and three companions carrying a wounded American doughboy back from the front lines in Belgium.
By a strange coincidence the late Edward Gerl, after whom Private Gerl was named, was the first Manitowoc soldier killed overseas in World War I. Eddie’s uncle was drowned in the English channel in 1918, when a German U-boat sank the transport Moldavia.
Surviving PFC. Gerl are his parents and a brother, Corporal
William Gerl, now in the U.S. air corps overseas.
Manitowoc Herald Times, January 18, 1945 P. 14
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Requiem Masses For Soldiers To Be Said
Two requiem high masses for Manitowoc soldiers killed overseas are to be held in Manitowoc churches tomorrow and Wednesday.
A high mass for Corporal Elwood Krueger, who was killed in Belgium Dec. 23, will be held at Holy Innocents church Tuesday morning at 7 a.m., the E.A. Radey officiating.
A mass for Pfc. Eddie Gerl, also killed in Belgium, will be held Wednesday at 9 a.m. at the St. Pauls Catholic church, the Rev. Martin Jaekels officiating.
Manitowoc Herald Times, January 22, 1945 P. 2
PFC 121 Inf. U.S. Army - Died during WWII
ossw his parents
Eddie Gerl, 3-Sport Letter Winner Killed
1942 All-Conference Ship Center Is Killed In France
PFC Eddie Gerl, 20, all-conference Lincoln high school center in 1942, and a three-sport star on Ship teams, as killed in France January 3.
A telegram from the War Department advised his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Gerl of 1809 Wollmer street late yesterday that their son had been killed in action in the fighting in the Belgium bulge. He was a member of an infantry unit with the First U.S. army.
Gerl is the second Lincoln high athlete to be killed in France. Staff Sergeant John (Jack) Krohn, who was killed late in December, was graduated at Lincoln high school in 1941, and was a letter winner in both football and basketball.
A requiem high mass for PFC. Gerl will be held at the St. Pauls Catholic church next Wednesday morning at eight o’clock.
Was Also Co-Captain
In addition to being selected by Fox Valley conference sports writers in the fall of 1942 for the post of center on the all-conference team Gerl was co-captain of the Lincoln football team that season. His play was a big factor in the success of Coach Nello Pacetti’s Red and White eleven in 1942. Although Gerl weighed only a little over 150 pounds in his senior year his scrappy defensive play made him a standout in Valley conference games. He was a deadly tackler, a keen play spotter and fast. He intercepted many passes and his offensive play left little
to be desired.
In addition to playing in the line in his three years at Lincoln, Gerl also won letters in basketball and track. He was a guard on the basketball team and a pole vaulter on the track squad. Coaches Pacetti and Al Guepe, under whom Gerl worked, had words of praise today for the former grid, basketball and track star. Always cool under fire he was able to carry out orders from the coaches to the last letter.
Eddie Gerl was born in this city in 1925 and attended Washington junior high school, from which he was graduated in June 1943. He was class treasurer in his junior year, homecoming king in his senior year, on the prom committee and a member of the student council.
Overseas in August
He entered the service in October, 1943, and trained at Camp Wolters and Howzie in Texas before going overseas in August, 1944. He served in a hospital unit in Belgium in December and Life magazine of December 11 carried a full page picture of Gerl and three companions carrying a wounded American doughboy back from the front lines in Belgium.
By a strange coincidence the late Edward Gerl, after whom Private Gerl was named, was the first Manitowoc soldier killed overseas in World War I. Eddie’s uncle was drowned in the English channel in 1918, when a German U-boat sank the transport Moldavia.
Surviving PFC. Gerl are his parents and a brother, Corporal
William Gerl, now in the U.S. air corps overseas.
Manitowoc Herald Times, January 18, 1945 P. 14
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Requiem Masses For Soldiers To Be Said
Two requiem high masses for Manitowoc soldiers killed overseas are to be held in Manitowoc churches tomorrow and Wednesday.
A high mass for Corporal Elwood Krueger, who was killed in Belgium Dec. 23, will be held at Holy Innocents church Tuesday morning at 7 a.m., the E.A. Radey officiating.
A mass for Pfc. Eddie Gerl, also killed in Belgium, will be held Wednesday at 9 a.m. at the St. Pauls Catholic church, the Rev. Martin Jaekels officiating.
Manitowoc Herald Times, January 22, 1945 P. 2
ossw his parents
Eddie Gerl, 3-Sport Letter Winner Killed
1942 All-Conference Ship Center Is Killed In France
PFC Eddie Gerl, 20, all-conference Lincoln high school center in 1942, and a three-sport star on Ship teams, as killed in France January 3.
A telegram from the War Department advised his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Gerl of 1809 Wollmer street late yesterday that their son had been killed in action in the fighting in the Belgium bulge. He was a member of an infantry unit with the First U.S. army.
Gerl is the second Lincoln high athlete to be killed in France. Staff Sergeant John (Jack) Krohn, who was killed late in December, was graduated at Lincoln high school in 1941, and was a letter winner in both football and basketball.
A requiem high mass for PFC. Gerl will be held at the St. Pauls Catholic church next Wednesday morning at eight o’clock.
Was Also Co-Captain
In addition to being selected by Fox Valley conference sports writers in the fall of 1942 for the post of center on the all-conference team Gerl was co-captain of the Lincoln football team that season. His play was a big factor in the success of Coach Nello Pacetti’s Red and White eleven in 1942. Although Gerl weighed only a little over 150 pounds in his senior year his scrappy defensive play made him a standout in Valley conference games. He was a deadly tackler, a keen play spotter and fast. He intercepted many passes and his offensive play left little
to be desired.
In addition to playing in the line in his three years at Lincoln, Gerl also won letters in basketball and track. He was a guard on the basketball team and a pole vaulter on the track squad. Coaches Pacetti and Al Guepe, under whom Gerl worked, had words of praise today for the former grid, basketball and track star. Always cool under fire he was able to carry out orders from the coaches to the last letter.
Eddie Gerl was born in this city in 1925 and attended Washington junior high school, from which he was graduated in June 1943. He was class treasurer in his junior year, homecoming king in his senior year, on the prom committee and a member of the student council.
Overseas in August
He entered the service in October, 1943, and trained at Camp Wolters and Howzie in Texas before going overseas in August, 1944. He served in a hospital unit in Belgium in December and Life magazine of December 11 carried a full page picture of Gerl and three companions carrying a wounded American doughboy back from the front lines in Belgium.
By a strange coincidence the late Edward Gerl, after whom Private Gerl was named, was the first Manitowoc soldier killed overseas in World War I. Eddie’s uncle was drowned in the English channel in 1918, when a German U-boat sank the transport Moldavia.
Surviving PFC. Gerl are his parents and a brother, Corporal
William Gerl, now in the U.S. air corps overseas.
Manitowoc Herald Times, January 18, 1945 P. 14
********
Requiem Masses For Soldiers To Be Said
Two requiem high masses for Manitowoc soldiers killed overseas are to be held in Manitowoc churches tomorrow and Wednesday.
A high mass for Corporal Elwood Krueger, who was killed in Belgium Dec. 23, will be held at Holy Innocents church Tuesday morning at 7 a.m., the E.A. Radey officiating.
A mass for Pfc. Eddie Gerl, also killed in Belgium, will be held Wednesday at 9 a.m. at the St. Pauls Catholic church, the Rev. Martin Jaekels officiating.
Manitowoc Herald Times, January 22, 1945 P. 2
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