FULL NAME:

Frederick Haas

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

36306709

  • DATE OF BIRTH: Mar 16, 1919
  • DATE OF DEATH: Jun 10, 2015
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):

Elizabeth, Illinois

DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
  • DATE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Nov 26, 1941
  • PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Chicago, Illinois
ORGANIZATION:
  • MAIN UNIT:
    23rd Infantry Regiment
  • SUBUNIT:
    Company I, 3rd Battalion
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
  • RANK:
    Staff Sergeant (S/Sgt.)
  • POSITION IN UNIT:
    Squad Leader
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:

✭ Northern France Campaign (25 July – 14 September 1944), ✭ Ardennes-Alsace Campaign (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945), ✭ Rhineland Campaign (15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945), ✭ Central Europe Campaign (22 March – 11 May 1945)

DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):

🎖Bronze Star Medal, 🎖Purple Heart, 🎖Good Conduct Medal, 🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 🎖Honorable Service Lapel Button, 🎖Combat Infantry Badge

SUMMARY OF HIS SERVICE:

There were 5 brothers, 3 of them farmed, and the 2 younger ones were farmhands helping the 3 older brothers. The war department stated that 1 of the farmhand (younger) brothers must go to war, but the family could choose. The elder of the 2 volunteered. Fred's enlist record states that he departed on July 3, 1944 and returned July 13, 1945. Fred never spoke about the war until his 96th birthday when he shared different stories and events that even 70+ years later he still struggled to process. He still slept with his pocket sized Bible that he took to war the night he died at age 96. Fred was such a kind and gentle man. He ushed every Sunday at church in his suit.

STATUS:
  • CATEGORY:
    Wounded In Action (WIA)
  • DATE:
    Twice wounded in action: First time on Aug 16, 1944 and later on Feb 5, 1945
  • LOCATION:
    France / Monschau Forest, Germany
  • NOTES:
    Frist time: Wound to the hip / Second time: shrapnel wound to the neck
HONORED BY:

Sarah Kaus, great niece

NARA - Display Full Records

File Unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946. - Record Group 64 (info)

Brief Scope: This series contains records of approximately nine million men and women who enlisted in the United States Army, including the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.

Source: aad.archives.gov/aad/
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