World War II
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Fallen

County:
Pembina

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Corporal

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
102nd Quartermaster Company, 102nd Infantry Division

Circumstances:

Killed in action in the Netherlands.

Biography:

REISHUS, Alton Harris Servicenumber: 37543071 Age: 36 Born: 4 August 1908, Cottonwood, Lyon County, Minnesota Hometown: Hanley Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota Family: Theles S. Reishus (father) Tilda M. (Harris) Reishus (mother) Octoria K. (Hughes) Reishus (sister) Edna O. Reishus (sister) Sondre T. Reishus (brother) Harvey O. Reishus (brother) Amy D. (Hunter) Reishus (wife) Rank: Corporal Function: Not available Regiment: - Battalion: - Division €“ Transport: 102nd Infantry Division Company €“ Squadron: 102nd Quartermaster Company Unit €“ Group: - Plane data: (Serialnumber, MACR, etc.) - Date of death: 5 March 1945 Status: DNB Place of death: Viersen, Germany Spot: Not available Awards: - Gravenumber: Plot K, Row 1, Grave 18 Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten Biography: - Other information: Cpl Alton H. Reishus enlisted in Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 9 December 1942 and went overseas in September 1944. Source of information: André Koch, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.govwww.wwiimemorial.comwww.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1910 Census / Family Trees, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com - The Minneapolis Star (Minneapolis, Minnesota 21 March 1945) Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Mark Reishus (nephew), Joek Hulsmann / Peggy Linrud