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Personal info

Full name
SOLAND, Penn Daniel
Date of birth
8 December 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Vergas, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Hometown
Vergas, Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37162554
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 October 1944
Place of death
Fossieux, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 31 41

Immediate family

Members
Lambert Soland (father)
Amanda J. (Trosdahl) Soland (mother)
Hjalmar J. Soland (brother)
Maline M. Soland (sister)
Alvin L. Soland (brother)
John M. Soland (brother)
Albert H. Soland (brother)
Alma L. Soland (sister)
Lilly A. Soland (sister)
Myrten W. Soland (brother)
Lester W. Soland (brother)

More information

Sgt Penn D. Soland worked on the family farm before he enlisted.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

He is remembered at the Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail County, Minnesota.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Roy Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com– T Burt / Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Karen Terry