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Personal info

Full name
HEDLAND, David A
Date of birth
2 January 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Pleasant Township, Cass County, North Dakota
Hometown
Ransom County, North Dakota

Military service

Service number
39721337
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Automatic Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
119th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division,
3rd Squad, 1st Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
Freialdenhoven, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 14 8

Immediate family

Members
August Hedland (father)
Annette M. (Ask) Hedland (mother)
John Hedland (brother)
Harold G. Hedland (brother)
Elizabeth M. Hedland (sister)
Esther A. Hedland (sister)
Alexander M. Hedland (brother)
Ragnild M. Hedland (sister)
Bernice A. (Stevens) Hedland (wife)
Duane A. Hedland (son)
Betty A. Hedland (daughter)
Marlys Hedland (daughter)
Robert D. Hedland (son)

More information

Pfc David A. Hedland was married to Bernice Stevens on 23 October 1933. Four children were born to them, one of whom, Betty Ann, died in infancy.

After finishing school he worked as a farmer until in 1939 whe he moved to Englovale, North Dakota where he operated a cafe. In the spring of 1942 he went to Los Angeles where he was engaged in defense work until he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 22 December 1943. He trained at Camp Fannin, Texas, Camp Van Dorn, Missouri and Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Family Trees, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.30thinfantry.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Robert D. Hedland (son), Lisa Baasch-Hedland (granddaughter)