Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
ROSFELD, David Vernon
Date of birth
24 January 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38485284
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
450th Bombardment Squadron,
322nd Bombardment Group, Medium
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 March 1945
Place of death
South of Bonefeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 7 20

Immediate family

Members
Franz Rosfeld (father)
Ruby L. (Schroeder) Rosfeld (mother)
Esther K. Rosfeld (sister)
Frank Rosfeld (brother)
Theodore F. Rosfeld (brother)
Betsy A. Rosfeld (sister)
Melvin P. Rosfeld (brother)
Ruth L. Rosfeld (sister)
Vera A. Rosfeld (sister)
Florence R. Rosfeld (sister)
Dorothy A. Rosfeld (sister)
John E. Rosfeld (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
44-68100
Data
Type: B-26-G20-MA
Destination: Not available
Mission: Not available
MACR: 13096

More information

The aircraft received a direct flak hit in the cockpit and was seen to crash and explode one mile south of Bonefeld, Germany. One parachute was observed to come out of the waist window.

Five crew members were killed, one man survived and was taken prisoner.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com - S. Abrahams, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Janice Rosfeld Reddoch