Al Schutte sent this to me this weekend. It's always great to hear more info on the members of the 540th Combat Engineers.
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Herman J. Dewald
Private First Class
U.S. Army
540th Engineer Regiment
35665426
Entered the Service from: Cincinnati, OH on October 13th 1942
Born: 1910 in Kentucky
Resident of Ft Thomas, KY
Died: March 1, 1944
Buried at: Plot D Row 8 Grave 14
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery
Nettuno, Italy
Awards: Purple Heart
>From the Cincinnati Enquirer March 27th 1944
SOLDIER
>From Fort Thomas Is Killed In
Action In Italy – Formerly
With Cincinnati Firm
Mr. and Mrs. Peter DeWald, 139 Sergeant Avenue, Fort Thomas, KY, were
informed yesterday that their son, Private First Class Herman J. DeWald was
killed in action in Italy March 1st.
Private DeWald was inducted in the Army October 27th 1942. He had been
overseas for 11 months.
Educated at St. Thomas grade school, Fort Thomas, he was with the Ever Seal
Company, Cincinnati, before entering the Army.
Besides his parents, Private DeWald, who was 34 years old, is survived by
two brothers, George, Cincinnati, and Andrew, Fort Thomas, and two sisters,
Mary and Mrs. Harry March, Fort Thomas.
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"