World War II
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Fallen

Dodge, ND

County:
Dunn

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
PFC

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division

Circumstances:

Killed in action.

Buried at Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Holland. Plot E Row 2 Grave 12.

Service # 37554609

Received Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Name included on ND All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol Bismarck ND

Name included in Register of ND Veterans Page 18.

Biography:

Born Dodge ND (Dunn County) June 30, 1920. Resident Burleigh County ND when entered US Army at Ft. Snelling MN on April 1, 1943. Served in European African Middle Eastern Theater. KIA 11 April 1945. Member 313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division. Buried at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial. Name included on the All Veterans Memorial State Capitol Grounds Bismarck North Dakota under the county of Dunn. From Memorial American Battle Monuments Commission for the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial. Ervin Allmendinger World War II Service # 37554609 Rank Private First Class, U.S. Army Unit 313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division Entered Service From North Dakota Date of Death April 11, 1945 Buried Plot E Row 2 Grave 12 Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands From the Register of North Dakota Veterans WWII and Korea page 170: ALLMENDINGER, ERVIN SN 37 554 609; born Dodge, NDak 30 Jun 20; resident Burleigh County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 1 Apr 43; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 11 Apr 45 Germany; PFC; buried in Plot E, Row 2, Grave 12; PFC. Netherlands, Holland. From Fields of Honor database: ALLMENDINGER, Ervin Servicenumber: 37554609 Age: 24 Born: 30 June 1920, North Dakota Hometown: Beulah, Mercer County, North Dakota Family: Rudolf Allmendinger (father) Lydia (Meissel) Allmendinger (mother) Hulda Allmendinger (sister) Viola Allmendinger (sister) Donald Allmendinger (brother) Gertrude (Krause) Allmendinger (wife) Rank: Private First Class Function: Not available Regiment: 313th Infantry Regiment Battalion: Not available Division €“ Transport: 79th Infantry Division Company €“ Squadron: Not available Unit €“ Group: - Plane data: (Serialnumber, MACR, etc.) - Date of death: 11 April 1945 Status: KIA Place of death: Kettwig, Germany Spot: Not available Awards: Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster Gravenumber: Plot E, Row 2, Grave 12 Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten Biography: - Other information: Ervin Allmendinger grew up at home with the German language. He worked as a greaser in a garage. His parents were Russian emigrants. Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.comwww.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1940 Census / U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current / Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950 Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Mike Feist / Diane Reinholdt Contact This website is a project by the Dutch non-profit Fields of Honor Foundation. It is the foundation's mission to give a face to the names of the U.S. WWII soldiers buried in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56296293/ervin-allmendinger