RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):
Elizabeth, Illinois
FULL NAME:
Frederick Haas
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):
36306709
- DATE OF BIRTH: Mar 16, 1919
- DATE OF DEATH: Jun 10, 2015
DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
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DATE OF ENLISTMENT:Nov 26, 1941
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PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:Chicago, Illinois
ORGANIZATION:
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MAIN UNIT:23rd Infantry Regiment
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SUBUNIT:Company I, 3rd Battalion
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
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RANK:Staff Sergeant (S/Sgt.)
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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.
