Medal, Purple Heart, Pfc. Dethlef Dethlefs, Co. B, 13th Inf. Regt., 8th Infantry Division, KIA September 10, 1944

Genuine WWII US Purple Heart Medal, coming in its original case along with ribbon bar and lapel badge.

Name Dethlef Dethlefs has been engraved on the reverse of the medal itself.

Complete and homogeneous set, in very good overall condition.

Dethlef Dethlefs was born on June 17, 1909 in Goting, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, emigrated to the United States in 1929 and joined the US Army on August 17, 1943 (ASN 32999574). He went on to serve with Company B, 13th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division, deployed to Europe, and was killed in action near Brest, Finistère, France. Initially buried in Saint-James, Manche, France, he was eventually interred in the Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial in Saint-Avold, Moselle, France (Block L, Row 12, Grave 296).

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=32999574&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=3493643

https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/56654410/dethlef-jacob-dethlefs

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