PFC
Joseph D Wiedefeld
Aged 20, fallen January 11, 1945
- Unit
- Company D, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 36831555
- Hometown
- Cook, Illinois
- Date of death
- January 11, 1945
- Classification
- Died of wounds
- Burial
- Epinal American Cemetery, Plot A Row 22 Grave 38, Epinal, France
Private First Class Joseph D Wiedefeld, serial number 36831555, of Cook, Illinois, served with Company D of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He died of wounds on January 11, 1945, at the age of 20. He is buried at Epinal American Cemetery, Plot A Row 22 Grave 38, Epinal, France.
Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.
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