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Personal info

Full name
LAUDENSLAGER, Floyd Isaac
Date of birth
24 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33510677
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 January 1945
Place of death
Eselborn, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 7 8

Immediate family

Members
Isaac J. Laudenslager (father)
Catherine I. (Etzweiler) Laudenslager (mother)
Mildred A. Laudenslager (sister)
Kathleen M. Laudenslager (sister)
Paul E. Laudenslager (brother)
Charles D. Laudenslager (brother)
Ople Laudenslager (sister)
John W. Laudenslager (brother)

More information

Pfc Floyd I. Laudenslager attended Halifax High School for two years and worked on the family farm.

He enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 5 June 1943. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal. According to the citation, Pfc Laudenslager, who served as a medical aid man, helped maintain a forward collecting point for the wounded. His tireless efforts and heroic action in the face of the great danger were of prime importance in the saving of many lives.

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 / Family past & present / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph 23 February 1945 / Elizabethville Echo 19 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Andy