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Albert Ballin (shown at lett) ship register documenting
the arrival of Wilhelm (William) H. Muenster in New York City Harbor on
5 October 1925.
Born on 13 January 1921,
in Elmshorn, Pinneberger Landkreis, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, about
20 miles north of Hamburg,
Listed as Wilhelm, age 4
on this record, he was in the company of his mother and two siblings
(see lines 26 through 29).
The record indicates that
the family would be joining the family patriarch Wilhelm Muenster at 143
N. 8th Street, Fort Dodge, IA.
In 1940 the census listed
the family living at 2063 Highland Street, Fort Dodge, IA, which is approximately 1
1/2 miles from the address first listed. |
Application
for a grave marker and resulting marker for Pfc William H. Muenster in the
Fort Dodge Memorial Park (Webster county), Iowa.
Wilhelm
gained his citizenship and adopted the anglicized name of William.
William
enlisted in the Army at Camp Dodge, Herrold, IA on 13 October 1942.
A
parachutist volunteer, Pvt Muenster was sent to Camp Blanding FL
to join with the 508th PIR which was just being activated. Once
there he was assigned to Company C.
Pfc Muenster
jumped into Normandy on 6 June 1944 and was initially listed as KIA on
15 June 1944. A subsequent Morning Report corrected that date as 6
June 1944.
He was
initially interred in the Blosville Cemetery, Plot A, Row 1, Grave 9
until his remains were repatriated and laid to rest in Fort Dodge.
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