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Personal info

Full name
OFFENSTEIN, Richard H
Date of birth
19 December 1925
Age
18
Place of birth
Decatur, Green County, Illinois
Hometown
Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36838222
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Jüngersdorf-Merode, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 15 45

Immediate family

Members
William B. Offenstein (father)
Flora C. (Shonkwiler) Offenstein (mother)
Violet E. Offenstein (sister)
Joe A. Offenstein (brother)
William F. Offenstein (brother)

More information

Pvt Richard H. Offenstein enlisted on 17 December 1943. He was killed in action after being overseas for one nineteen days.

His brother, William F. Offenstein, is buried next to him.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Decatur Daily Review

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Decatur Daily Review