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Personal info

Full name
KROGSTAD, Arnold Norman Jr
Date of birth
30 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Elizabeth City County, Virginia
Hometown
Wythe, Elizabeth City County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
17075296
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Koecking Woods, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 9

Immediate family

Members
Arnold N. Krogstad (father)
Julia R. (LeGrande) Krogstad (mother)
Stanley F. Krogstad (brother)

More information

Pfc Arnold N. Krogstad Jr. attended college for four years before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 20 June 1942.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Union48, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Charlottesville Virginia