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Personal info

Full name
OFTEDAHL, Ernest Frederick
Date of birth
9 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota
Hometown
Pemberton, Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37323740
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
54th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 2 2

Immediate family

Members
Fredrick C. Oftedahl (father)
Alice L. (Compton) Oftedahl (mother)
Floyd L. Oftedahl (brother)
Vernelle B. Oftedahl (sister)
Charles A. Oftedahl (brother)
Robert C. Oftedahl (brother)
Janet R. Oftedahl (sister)
Darlene N. Oftedahl (sister)
Valeria F. (Rux) Oftedahl (wife)
Sandra Oftedahl (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Ernest F. Oftedahl was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Larsen Kurtz Family Tree / 1940/1950 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten