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| courtesy of Skip Farrow |
PVT Christian G. Ulrich was born 2 Sep 1915 in Buffalo, New York. He was the 3rd of the 5 children born to Christian Frank and Margaret Mary (Pfaff) Ulrich. His father was a butcher to support his family at 61 Mineral Spring Road in Buffalo which was valued at $1000 in 1930. Young Christian left high school after 3 years and went to work as a fireman for the City of Buffalo School Department.
Christian was drafted in December 1942. After completing his basic military training he was sent to England and assigned to the 116th Infantry. PVT Ulrich suffered a non-battle related injury and died on 15 Sep 1943.
PVT Ulrich now rests forever in the Cambridge American Cemetery.