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Personal info

Full name
DE RUNGS, Jacob Anthony "Tony"
Date of birth
28 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Ramona, Lake County, South Dakota
Hometown
Ramona, Lake County, South Dakota

Military service

Service number
O-522521
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Lutrebois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 7 23

Immediate family

Members
Joseph H. De Rungs (father)
Mary A. De Rungs (mother)
Florine De Rungs (brother)
John C. De Rungs (brother)
Mary De Rungs (sister)
Joseph F. De Rungs (brother)
Louis De Rungs (brother)
Alphonse De Rungs (brother)
Leo De Rungs (brother)

More information

2nd Lt Jacob A. De Rungs graduated from Ramona High School and was interested in baseball and had considerable of a reputation as a player.

He enlisted in Brookings, South Dakota on 1 June 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

His brother, Pvt John C. De Rungs, was killed in action on 23 April 1945 on the island of Okinawa in the South Pacific.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records, AAR 51rd inf. battalion August 44 thru May 1945, https://www.newspapers.com - The Daily Plainsman, Huron / The Daily Argus Leader

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Portier, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Argus Leader