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FRISCH, Rudolph "Rudi" - Date of
birth
25 September 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Germany -
Hometown
Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36890648 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
31 March 1945 - Place of
death
Halle, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Bruno O. Frisch (father)
Helen (Walkowiask) Frisch (mother)
Mildred Frisch (sister)
Elaine H. Frisch (sister)
Manfred H. Frisch (brother)
Billy Frisch (brother)
More information
Pfc Rudolph Frisch attended Dye High School before he inducted on 8 December 1943 and had served overseas since October 1944.He was taken prisoner of war on 21 December 1944 when his unit was located in the vicinity of Shönberg, Belgium.
He was killed during an Allied air raid on the city of Halle, Germany. The raid was very big and most of the city was demolished, resulting in more than 20,000 casualties. For weeks the dead were taken out of the buildings and buried in wooden boxes without any regard to nationality. Investigation after the war couldn't locate his grave.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, Peter Schouteten, Susan Linton Flint Journal 4 October 1945, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://aad.archives.gov
Photo source: Astrid van Erp, Susan Linton Flint Journal 4 October 1945