Woodbury County

 

T/Sgt. Sigmund Christensen

 

 

IN UNIFORM.

T. Sgt. Sigmund Christensen, son of Siegfried Christensen, 1817 Fifth street, recently was promoted from staff sergeant. He is with an infantry company of the Seventh Army in France.

Source: The Sioux City Journal, January 27, 1945

IN UNIFORM

S. Sgt. Sigmund Christensen, 1817 Fifth Street, is [was] a member of the 399th infantry regiment of the 100th (Century) division, which set a record for speed when it said goodby to New York and the East River and “Hello” to the German Rhine. Some of the men had marched down Fifth Avenue in New York City to help inaugurate the fifth war bond drive, and they were in action on the United States Seventh army front in eastern France when they read the results of the drive.

Source: The Sioux City Journal, September 14, 1945

Sigmund Christensen was born Sept. 24, 1911. He died Apr. 14, 1945 and is buried in Lorraine America Cemetery, Saint Avold, France.

Sgt. Christensen served in World War II with the U.S. Army 399th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division and was KIA in Germany. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star.

Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov