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Personal info

Full name
MIKKELSEN, Holger Buhl
Date of birth
25 June 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Lejrskov, Vejle, Denmark
Hometown
Fresno, Fresno County, California

Military service

Service number
39396159
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 February 1945
Place of death
Near Rohrweiler, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 16 22

Immediate family

Members
Hans B. Mikkelsen (father)
Inger C. (Thorsen) Mikkelsen (mother)
Peter Mikkelsen (brother)
Arthur B. Mikkelsen (brother)
Anna C. Mikkelsen (sister)
Beatrice C. (Tickel) Mikkelsen (wife)
Fred H. Mikkelsen (son)

More information

S/Sgt Holger B. Mikkelsen was employed at the Danish Creamery Asso. before he enlisted in Sacramento, California on 4 September 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Karryn’s Family Tree / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy