Bertels Virgil H.

Monuments

First Division - Butgenbach (Bullingen)

Name:

Virgil H. Bertels

Rank:

Private

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Unit:

1st Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1945-01-17

State:

Illinois

Cemetery:

Emmaus Lutheran Church Cemetery, Illinois

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Virgil H. Bertels was born in 1921. Prior to entering service, Bertels was employed with his father in conducting a filling staton. He had attended the Dorsey public schools and was a graduate of the Jordan Diesel school at Pittsburg. His marriage to Miss Bertha Boyd of Dorsey took place at Spartensburg, S C, where he was in training. Virgil served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Private in the 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on January 17, 1945 in Belgium and is now buried in Emmaus Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dorsey, Madison County, Illinois, USA.
Source of information: Alton Eveing Telegraph, February 13, 1945, www.findagrave.com