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Personal info

Full name
SEIFERT, Raymond Walter
Date of birth
21 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Garfield, Bergen County, New Jersey
Hometown
Garfield, Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42113008
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Baesweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 19 27

Immediate family

Members
Walter Seifert (father)
Parla Seifert (mother)
Ingebred Seifert (sister)
Winnefred Seifert (sister)

More information

Pvt Raymond W. Seifert graduated from high school and worked as a farm hand at Bill's Dairy. Both his parents were born in Germany.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 1 April 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report CCA, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.wwiimemorial.com