Biographical Information

Name:

Bruce Donald Fenchel

Date of Birth:

1925

Place of Birth:

Strawberry Point, IA

Gender:

Male

Race:

Unspecified

Home State:

IA

War or Conflict:

World War II, 1939-1946

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1943-1945

Branch of Service:

Army

Unit of Service:

8th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division, 3rd Army

Location of Service:

Fort Knox, Kentucky; Camp Bowie, Texas; Chippenham, England; European Theater

Battles/Campaigns:

Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, Central Europe

Highest Rank:

Private First Class

Prisoner of War:

Unknown

Service Related Injury:

Yes

Service History Note:

The Veteran attained the rank of captain in the Army Reserves.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Computer File: Floppy Disk [1 item] --Electronic file of manuscript material

Audio: CD [1 item] --Reference copy

Manuscript: Memoirs [1 item] --Typewritten document

Manuscript: Civilian papers (certificates, forms, wills, etc) [1 item] --Typewritten document

Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [22 items] --Photograph

Video: VHS [1 item] --Oral history interview

Video: Digital Betacam [1 item] --Digitized Copy

Interviewer:

Peg Carstensen 

Donor:

Mary E. Evans

Donor Affiliation/Organization:

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/2978

Subjects:

Fenchel, Bruce
World War II, 1939-1946 -- Personal Narratives
United States. Army.

Cite as:

Bruce Fenchel Collection (AFC/2001/001/2978), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress