Grave marker
for Pfc Donald R. Scholz, in the Saint
Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Hale (Trempealeau Count),
Wisconsin.
Headstone inscription:
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
OUR SON PVT 1/C
DONALD RUDOLPH SCHOLZ ONE OF THE HEROES
WHO GAVE HIS LIFE DURING THE INVASION OF
NORMANDY, JUNE 7, 1944, WORLD WAR TWO
82ND A/B INFANTRY REGIMENT, CO B"
Footstone
inscription:
SON
PVT 1C DONALD R.
1925 - 1944
Pfc Scholz was killed in action on June 7, 1944 and was awarded the Purple Heart |