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Personal info

Full name
DODENHOFF, William Andrew
Date of birth
29 June 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Clinton, Middlesex County, Connecticut
Hometown
North Bergen, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
O1287492
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
Near Schwerdorff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 108

Immediate family

Members
William Dodenhoff (father)
Rene Dodenhoff (mother)
Hubert A. Dodenhoff (brother)
Dorothy Dodenhoff (sister)
Henry Dodenhoff (brother)
Ruth Dodenhoff (sister)

More information

1st Lt William A. Dodenhoff attended high school for two years and was a retail manager before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 8 April 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

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 / 1920/1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.armydivs.com/10th-armored-division
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