US PARAS Kuehl, Delbert August

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Kuehl ​

• FORENAME

Delbert August ​

• UNIT

504 Parachute Infantry Regiment (RHQ - Chaplain) ​

• RANK

First Lieutenant + Captain ​

• NUMBER

• AWARD

Silver Star,Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster,Croix de Guerre (Fr) ​

• PLACE

Italy 1943-44 (2 BS) Holland 1944 (SS,CdG) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Alexandria,Minnesota​

born 16.1.1917​

son of Albert and Ethel Jeanett (nee Figley) Kuehl​

graduated Hopkins High School 1934​

graduated Northwestern Bible School 1937​

graduated Bethel​

graduated University of Minnesota​

graduated Northwestern Seminary (theology degree) 1942​

WIA 1944 Nijmegen,Holland​

retired as Colonel​

married Delores Alna Johnson 4.6.1946 in Minnetonka ​

died 13.9.2010​

Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery,Elwood,Will County,Illinois Section 5 Site 1821​

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