Bolte Rudolph Eugene

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Rudolph Eugene Bolte is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

101st Airborne Division Eindhoven Liberation Monument

Name:

Rudolph Eugene Bolte

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-1308589

Unit:

506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division

Date of Death:

1944-09-18

State:

Iowa

Cemetery:

Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands

Plot:

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Grave:

Decoration:

Bronze Star Medal; Purple Heart Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters

Comments:

Rudolph Eugene Bolte was born on June 17, 1911, in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. He was the son of Rudolph Emil "Rudy" Bolte and Edna Marvin Forber Pester. He was married to Erma Louise Wilson McGuire. He enlisted in the service on June 22, 1942. He served in Company H, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, as a First Lieutenant during World War II.

1Lt Bolte was killed in Action on September 18, 1944, by a German tank artillery shell during the liberation of Eindhoven in the Netherlands. He is now buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands. His name appears incorrectly spelled on the plaque.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, weremember.abmc.gov