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Personal info

Full name
OSWALD, Randolph Elmer "Randy"
Date of birth
30 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota
Hometown
Denhoff, Sheridan County, North Dakota

Military service

Service number
37323731
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Truck Driver Light
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
17th Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
29 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Meijel, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Adam Oswald (father)
Ida R. (Pfeiffle) Oswald (mother)
Elda A. Oswald (sister)
Gideon R. Oswald (brother)
Clifford R. Oswald (brother)
Edward A. Oswald (brother)
Dwaine A. Oswald (brother)

More information

Randolph E. Oswald played the guitar and was an avid baseball player in the towns amateur baseball league.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Census Records 1910-1940 / South Dakota Marriages 1905-1949, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Randy Oswald