Richard J. Pfeifer

Richard J. Pfeifer was inducted into the Army on June 23, 1944, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Home at entry: Hopper, Minnesota.

He served as a Private First Class, medium tank crewman, and machine gunner with Company C of the 47th Tank Battalion in Northern France and Germany. He was wounded in action in Germany on April 19, 1945.

Mr. Pfeifer was awarded the following: Purple Heart, European-African-Middle Easter Campaign Medal with two bronze battle stars, and the World War II Victory Medal.

He received a disability discharge on August 11, 1945, at the Wakeman Army Convalescent Hospital at Camp Atterbury, Indiana.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project. 251.

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