Biographical Information

Name:

Julius J. Siefring

Date of Birth:

1921

Place of Birth:

New Weston, OH

Gender:

Male

Race:

White

Home State:

OH

War or Conflict:

World War II, 1939-1946

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1942-1945

Entrance into Service:

Drafted

Branch of Service:

Army

Unit of Service:

Company D, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division

Location of Service:

Camp Atterbury, Indiana; Camp Wolters, Texas (basic training); Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; New Guinea; Luzon, Mindanao Island, Mindoro and Leyte Island (Philippines)

Battles/Campaigns:

New Guinea, Southern Philippines (Liberation), Luzon, Leyte Island

Highest Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Prisoner of War:

No

Service Related Injury:

No

Service History Note:

Veteran was on six different islands and participated in several beach landings. He also earned an "Armed Enemy" plaque, which came after he and 12 other men rowed a boat to an island and captured 100 Japanese troops.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

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

Manuscript: Correspondence [1 item] --Handwritten document

Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [2 items] --Typewritten document

Manuscript: Periodicals [1 item] --Typewritten document

Photograph: Digital print [7 items] --Photographs

Computer File: Floppy Disk [1 item] --Electronic file of photograph(s)

Interviewer:

Adelma Siefring 

Donor:

Adelma Siefring

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/41633

Subjects:

Siefring, Julius
World War II, 1939-1946 -- Personal Narratives
United States. Army.

Cite as:

Julius Siefring Collection (AFC/2001/001/41633), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress