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PFC DONALD RUDOLPH SCHOLZ

(Photo courtesy James Seidelman, click to enlarge)

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