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Personal info

Full name
RETHORST, Marion T
Date of birth
5 December 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Hometown
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37525699
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
Hastenrath, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 2 24

Immediate family

Members
George A. Rethorst (father)
Anna L. Rethorst (mother)
George Rethorst (brother)
Clarence L. Rethorst (brother)
Mary L. Rethorst (sister)
Annette Rethorst (sister)
James Rethorst (brother)

More information

Marion T. Rethorst graduated from East High School. He was employed at the Boeing Airplane company when he enlisted in May 1943. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

Pvt Marion T. Rethorst is remembered at the Old Mission Cemetery in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Joe Gibbens, The Wichita Eagle - 12 December 1944