Henry Rajhert

ASN:36628592

Henry Stanley Rajhert registered for the draft on May 15, 1942. Born January 22, 1922, he was from Chicago, Illinois and was not employed at the time of registration.  

Enlisting in the US Army on Decemer 19, 1942, this twenty-year-old was 5’-8”, 143 pounds with a light complexion, brown eyes, and brown hair and had no obvious physical characteristics.

PVT Rajhert became a member of the 319th Field Artillery, B-Battery of the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and traveled with the battalion to North Africa arriving in Casablanca May 10, 1943.

Company Morning Reports

Company Morning Reports were produced every morning by the individual Army units to record personnel matters. The following events for PFC Henry Rajhert were reported:

• January 21, 1944, from duty to furlough at 1000 for 7 days. Station - Ballyscullion, Northern Ireland.

• January 28, 1944, from furlough 7 days to duty. Station - Papillon Hall.

• From duty to furlough 5 days to Leicester, England at 0600 on 18 July, 1944. Station - Papillon Hall, 4 miles west of Market Harborough, England.

• From furlough 5 days Leicester, England to duty at 2300, July 23, 1944.

• From duty Absent Sick (ABS) hospital unknown, non-battle casualty 5 April 1945 and from ABS to duty 9 April 1945. Station - Camp Suippes, France VT6863, Nor D’Guerre.

• Station Epinal, France, June 12, 1945, from duty to furlough. (7 days Great Britain)

He fought in the major campaigns of Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Normandy, Holland, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. His service was awarded with the Good Conduct Medal, Distinguished Merit Badge, European/African Middle Eastern Service Medal, six bronze service stars and one bronze service arrowhead.