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Personal info

Full name
SOUTHER, Delmar Melvin
Date of birth
25 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Burke County, North Dakota
Hometown
Columbus, Burke County, North Dakota

Military service

Service number
37582252
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Near the railroad station "Halte"
North of Bizory, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 6 68

Immediate family

Members
Joseph H. Souther (father)
Erna (Wilke) Souther (mother)
Allen D. Souther (brother)
Earl D. Souther (brother)
Albert H. Fenster (half-brother)
Mildred A. Fenster (half-sister)
Laila M. Fenster (half-sister)
Alice E. Fenster (half-sister)
Richard R. Fenster (half-brother)
Lyal A. Fenster (half-sister)

More information

Pvt Souther was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

His half-brother Lyal A. Fenster was killed in action on 25 November 1944 and is buried at Lorraine.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - family trees / WWII Draft Card, https://www.delmarsouther.nl/

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, https://worldwartwoveterans.org/ - courtesy of Martijn Brandjes