Fenn T. Straster

STRASTER, Fenn T Servicenumber: 06581818 Age: 25 Born: 27 October 1919, North Dakota Hometown: Ward County, North Dakota Family: Lafayette R. Straster (father) Clara (Baker) Straster (mother) Robert D. Straster (brother) Myrtle Straster (sister) Rank: Corporal Function: Not available Regiment: 121st Infantry Regiment Battalion: Not available Division €“ Transport: 8th Infantry Division Company €“ Squadron: Not available Unit €“ Group: - Plane data: (Serialnumber, MACR, etc.) - Date of death: 27 December 1944 Status: DOW Place of death: Germany Spot: Not available Awards: Purple Heart Gravenumber: Plot F, Row 10, Grave 13 Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten Biography: - Other information: Cpl Fenn T. Straster enlisted on 22 December 1939. Fenn attended school at the Berthold high school and Minot high schools. He died of his wounds received in action on 25 December 1944 in Germany. In service since 2 December 1939, Cpl Straster had seen foreign service in Equador and Brazil. From there he was sent to Colorado, then to Fort Maede, Md. In October 1944 he went across to the European theater. His brother Private Robert Straster, 27, was stationed in the Philippines. Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record Photo source: Astrid van Erp, www.ancestry.com - Bryant Family Tree