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HAFFNER, Alvin Ernest - Date of
birth
6 December 1924 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
South Dakota -
Hometown
Beltrami, Polk County, Minnesota
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37550629 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
68th Tank Battalion,
6th Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
4 January 1945 - Place of
death
unknown
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
William A. Haffner (father)
Anna C. (Thompson) Haffner (mother)
Eugene Haffner (brother)
Calvin C. Haffner (brother)
August Haffner (brother)
More information
Alvin E. Haffner is remembered with a memorial marker at Lakeview Cemetery in Blackduck, Beltrami County, Minnesota.
Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com
Photo source: FOHF, www.findagrave.com - Pattie Schultz