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Personal info

Full name
MADSEN, Louis F
Date of birth
15 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Iowa
Hometown
Liberty, Woodbury County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37694204
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 13 3

Immediate family

Members
Ludvi N. Madsen (father)
Iva Madsen (mother)
Eugene Madsen (brother)
Darline Madsen (sister)
Beulah Madsen (sister)
Doris Madsen (wife)

More information

Pfc Louis F. Madsen enlisted at Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa on 31 March 1944. He was a farm hand before he enlisted.
He graduated from Salix High School in 1939. Following training at Camp Hood, Tex., he was sent overseas in September, 1944.

Pfc Louis F. Madsen first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Block BB, Row 9, Grave 217.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, http://iagenweb.org/ - The Sioux City Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, http://iagenweb.org/ - The Sioux City Journal