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Personal info

Full name
OERTEL, Richard D
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Onondaga County, New York

Military service

Service number
42092027
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 April 1945
Place of death
Near Nürnberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 21 38

More information

Pfc Richard D. Oertel attended high school for 1 year before he enlisted in Syracuse, New York on 4 January 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org
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