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Personal info

Full name
ROELFS, Harm A
Date of birth
15 May 1907
Age
38
Place of birth
Champaign County, Illionois
Hometown
Champaign County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36058741
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
37th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
26 September 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Juvelize-Arracourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Albrecht H. Roelfs (father)
Katharina (Schmidt) Roelfs (mother)
Gretje A. Roelfs (sister)
Ralph A. Roelfs (brother)
Roelf A. Roelfs (brother)
Margaret K. Roelfs (sister)
George A. Roelfs (brother)
Gerd Roelfs (brother)
Hilka K. Roelfs (sister)
Rena M. (Benting) Roelfs (wife)
Bernice K. Roelfs (daughter)
Marvin Roelfs (son)
Arlene J. Roelfs (daughter)
Norman Roels (son)
Lewis A. Roelfs (son)
Shirley A. Roelfs (daughter)

More information

Pvt Harm A. Roelfs was married to Rena Marie Benting on 12 April 1930.

He enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 5 June 1942.

He was declared officially dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record www.ancestry.com - 1910/1920/1940 Census / Pam Roelfs family Tree, http://www.7tharmddiv.org,

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dave Hansen