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Personal info

Full name
WOLF, John F
Date of birth
19 December 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Minnesota
Hometown
Rice County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
17048467
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Near Elsdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 2 55

Immediate family

Members
Herman A. Wolf (father)
Anna M. (Aslackson) Wolf (mother)

More information

Sgt John F. Wolf volunteered for the US Army at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 29 January 1942.
He attended high school for 4 years.
Sgt John F. Wolf was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium Block A-4, Row 6, Grave 115.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, 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 / Taylor Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet