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Personal info

Full name
RAAUM, Henry H
Date of birth
5 March 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Orthell, Williams County, North Dakota
Hometown
Williston, Williams County, North Dakota

Military service

Service number
37561969
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 March 1945
Place of death
East of Mülheim an der Mosel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 3 47

Immediate family

Members
Olaf J. Raaum (father)
Maria J. (Knutson) Raaum (mother)
Olaf J. Raaum Jr. (brother)
Clarence L. Raaum (brother)
Berger Raaum (brother)
Margit J. Raaum (sister)
Florence J. (Mattern) Raaum (wife)
Henry H. Raaum Jr. (son)

More information

Cpl Henry H. Raaum was married to Florence Jane Mattern on 21 October 1942, in Sidney, Montana.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Records / Montana Marriage Records / North Dakota Territorial and State Censuses
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, U.S. School Yearbooks University of Nebraska 1944