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PFC Gerald M Rehfeldt
BIRTH 4 Jun 1924
DEATH 6 Jun 1944 (aged 20)
BURIAL Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
PLOT Plot F Row 25 Grave 41
MEMORIAL ID 56649136
Gerald Rehfeldt was part of a special 12-man group from the 298th Combat Engineer Battalion that was put into service for D-Day. He was killed at Utah Beach. He was a native of Appleton, Wis.
Left by Tom Mueller on 10 Feb 2017
Source: American Battle Monuments Commission
Gerald M. Rehfeldt
World War II
Service # 36813132
Rank Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit 298th Engineer Combat Battalion
Entered Service From Wisconsin
Date of Death June 6, 1944
Buried Plot F Row 25 Grave 41
Normandy American Cemetery
Awards: Purple Heart
Source: The Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) 08 Dec 1944, Fri � Page 7
Fifty Gold Star Citations are Given by Legion
225 Persons Attend Memorial Service on Dec. 7 Anniversary
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The 50 servicemen for whom citations were awarded were Wilbert O. Winter, Robert A. Hoh, Joseph A. Koenigseder, Harry J. Hintz, Henry R. Walter, Richard W. Wenzlaff, Roger R. Bruce, James Hammer, Charles F. Pruett, Kenneth T Slattery, Leo Hamilton, Richard N. Piette, Frank A De Wildt, Stewart E. Fox, Maurice E. Strutz, Theodore J. Heegeman, James Forester, Richard H. Lesselyong, John De Noble, William Fleck, Bernard A. All, Lee Burt, Roger Behl, John T. Berg. Ralph H. Junge, Leonard L. Brown, Donald Thomas, John E. Woodrich, Louis F. Dunsirn, Eugene E. Damrow, Robert B. Kessler, Kenneth A. Lee, Harold C. Elke, Gerald M. Rehfeldt, Earl Uhlenbrauck, Oscar Klaus, Leon Bartlein, Eldor Lisch, Jack Williamson, William F. Offenstein, Kenneth C. Miller, Clifford W. Danielson, Marvin L. Fredericks, Louis E. Mader, LeRoy Sather, Lloyd Bert Ihde, Cyril Peter Nennig, Robert Henry Tauzin, Ralph H. Williams and John Joseph Garot.
Listed in the 298th Journal July 1944
1090 1500 July 18/44 The following named 0 & EM, this unit, are authorized to wear the Distinguished Unit Badge per GO 26, Hq FUSA, dtd 17 June 44, for �extra ordinary heroism and outstanding performance of duty in action in the initial assault of the northern Coast of Normandy, France, 6 June 1944.� These men were atchd to the 237th Engr C Bn at the time for which the citation is awarded: Pfc Gerald M. Rehfeldt
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From: Tom Mueller I am writing a book about Wisconsin men who were killed in World War II and are buried overseas. Thus I am interested in one particular member of the 298th Combat Engineers, who was killed on D-Day. Any background you can fill me in on would be appreciated. I have determined he was from Appleton, Wis., and was two years out of high school. The man is: |
