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Personal info

Full name
RUFENER, John
Date of birth
19 September 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39247123
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
3576th Quartermaster Truck Company
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
22 January 1946
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 9 2

Immediate family

Members
Frederick Rufener (father)
Harry Rufener (brother)
Louise Rufener (sister)

More information

T/4 John Rufener was employed by the Thrifty Drug Companu in Santa Monica, California.

He was of African-American origin.

It was planned that he was to go home two weeks later.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / WWII Draft Card, https://newspaperarchive.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet