Adolph C. Gerzewski

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Grand Forks

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Sergeant

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company D

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
1st Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
397th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
100th Infantry Division
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater

Medals and Honors:
Silver Star

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Heilbronn, Germany

Biography:

Sergeant Gerszewski was born in Ardoch, North Dakota on April 5, 1912. He entered the US Army at Ft Snelling, Minnesota on March 21, 1942. He served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater and was killed in action on April 9, 1945, in Heilbronn, Germany. He is buried in Plot 2, Grave 5, Section 589 in the Cavalry Cemetery, Grand Forks, North Dakota. Following his death, he received a silver star and a purple heart and the U.S. Army base in Karlsruhe, West Germany was named in his honor - Gerszewski Barracks. He is the only North Dakotan who has a United States Military Installation named after them. Following the Cold War the the property the Barracks were on was returned to the German Government.