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Personal info

Full name
KRUSE, Waldemar H
Date of birth
27 February 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
St. Louis County, Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
O1323942
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 October 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 4 17

Immediate family

Members
William Kruse (father)
Emma Kruse (mother)
William H. Kruse (brother)
Walter Kruse (brother)
Elmer L. Kruse (brother)
Velma L. Kruse (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Waldemar H. Kruse entered the service February 1941 and was sent to Camp Robinson, Arkansas. He served at the Aleutian Islands from May 1942 to February 1943. He attended officers training school at Fort Benning, Georgia. Sent to England August 1944 and then to France, Belgium and Germany.

2nd Lt Waldemar H. Kruse is remembered at the New Bethlehem Memorial Park Cemetery at Bellefontaine Neighbors, St. Louis County, Missouri.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Marvin Krehmeyer, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://9thinfantrydivision.net, www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Susan Ing, www.wwiimemorial.com - Marvin Krehmeyer