CASUALTIES -- Pvt Ned Rosenthal, son of Mrs.
Adrian Joint, Racine, killed in France, Lt Paul H. Patterson wounded.
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[The Escanaba Daily Press (Escanaba, Michigan) ·
Sun, Aug 20, 1944 · Page 1]
 Pvt
Ned Rosenthal. Mrs. Adrian Joint's son, Dies in France
Pvt Ned Rosenthal, Son of Mrs. Adrian Joint, Racine Wis.,
formerly of Escanaba [MI], was killed in action in France on July 11.
according to an announcement by the War Department.
Pvt Rosenthal was a paratrooper and went to England last January.
Previously he was erroneously reported as missing in action since
June 6.
[The Escanaba Daily Press (Escanaba, Michigan) ·
Sun, Aug 20, 1944 · Page 7] |
 Pvt
Ned Rosenthal's Body Being Returned
Mrs. Adrian Joint, of Racine, Wis., former resident of
Escanaba, has been advised that the body of her son, Pvt Ned Donald
Rosenthal, is enroute to the United States for burial. Full
military services will be held in Racine. a sister of the young
soldier, Mrs. Myra Pfleger Tardiff of New York, will go to Racine for
the funeral.
[The Escanaba Daily Press (Escanaba,
Michigan) · Wed, Apr 7, 1948 · Page 3]
Application for headstone for Pct Ned D. Rosenthal. |
[courtesy of P & S Christol]
Grave
marker for Ned D. Rosenthal in the Graceland Cemetery, Racine (Racine
county), Wisconsin.
Ned enlisted in the
National Guard on 29 June 1936 and transferred to the Regular Army on 18
August 1942.
Pvt Rosenthal, Hq 1st,
was reported MIA on 6 June 1944 but his status was later changed to KIA
on 11 July 1944 which may imply he was one of those drowned on the jump. |
