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ZUFELT, Rex Frances "Sandy" - Date of
birth
2 December 1924 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Sandy Creek, Oswego County, New York -
Hometown
Sandy Creek, Oswego County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32847692 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
3rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
A Troop
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
5 September 1944 - Place of
death
Le Havre, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 9 | 71 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Edwin O. Zufelt (father)
Doris M. (Howard) Zufelt (mother)
Edward B. Zufelt (brother)
Mary A. Zufelt (sister)
More information
Pvt Rex F. Zufelt attended Sandy Creek High School and was an automobile service man before he enlisted in Syracuse, New York on 11 March 1943.Lt Philip S. Eddy and four volunteers, Sgt John B. Rogers, Sgt Elias Shyposh, Pvt Louis Silva and Rex Zufelt, returned into an overwhelming barrage to find their comrades and advanced into a veritable wall of fire, intent only upon establishing contact with their lost comrades. Pvt Zufelt was badly wounded and later died.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Champigneul, 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 / Foltz Wheeler Russell Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Oh look a chicken
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - Debbie Russell