World War II
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Stutsman
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Regiment / Group / Brigade:
194th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
17th Airborne 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:
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.
Source: Ancestry/Find a Grave