Gerhard R. Lund

Staff Sergeant Gerhard Roger Lund in uniform photo

World War II (WWII)
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Fallen

County:
Stutsman

Date of Loss:

Military Service:
    Rank:
    Staff Sergeant
    Branch of Service:
    Army
    Regiment / Group / Brigade:
    194th Infantry Regiment
    Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
    17th Airborne Division
    Major Battle/Theatre:
    European African Middle Eastern Theater
    Conflicts Served:
    World War II (WWII)
Bronze Star

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Germany

Biography:

Gerhard Roger Lund was born in Grace City, Stutsman County, North Dakota on June 15, 1923, to Gerhard Lund and Ellen G. Black Lund.  He entered The United States Army at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on April 14, 1943, and served European African Middle Eastern Theater.  He Married Dorthy Edith Croft. Staff Sergeant Lund was killed in action on March 28, 1945, in Stadteregion Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and is buried in Plot D, Row 14, Grave 9, Margraten, Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Netherlands, Holland. He received the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster.

Staff Sergeant Gerhard Rogert Lund cross grave marker photo

Source: Ancestry/Find a Grave