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Personal info

Full name
SCHOENFELD, Delbert Herbert
Date of birth
26 October 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Charter Oak, Crawford County, Iowa
Hometown
Crawford County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37663725
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 October 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 4 12

Immediate family

Members
Herbert Schoenfeld (father)
Anna (Preul) Schoenfeld (mother)
Narlean Schoenfeld (sister)
Norman Schoenfeld (brother)
Alfred Schoenfeld (brother)
Alverne Schoenfeld (brother)

More information

Pfc Delbert H. Schoenfeld enlisted at Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa on 3 March 1943.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium Block O, Row 1, Grave 15.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - Conley Wolterman, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930/1940 Census / Iowa, Births and Christenings Index

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet