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Personal info

Full name
ROSENTHAL, Alfred
Date of birth
4 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Bonn, Germany
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
39041374
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
Near Rohrwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 21 20

Immediate family

Members
Herman Rosenthal (father)

More information

S/Sgt Alfred Rosenthal was a butcher before he enlisted in San Francisco, California on 5 March 1943.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Coleman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy