Rohlffs, Bruno O. (16129315)

Bruno O. Rohlffs
Personal details
Born	1920 Germany
Died	2009
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Protestant
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	16129315
Rank	Technician Fifth Grade
Camp Ritchie	Class 25 (30 November 1944 – 29 January 1945)
Section	4B
Enlisted	Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Bruno O. Rohlffs (1920–2009) was a United States Army soldier who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 25 and later served as a special agent with the 970th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment.

Biography

Bruno O. Rohlffs was born in Germany in 1920 and later lived in Wisconsin. He enlisted in the U.S. Army at Milwaukee and trained at Camp Ritchie (Class 25).

After the war Rohlffs served as a special agent with the 970th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment. On 23 November 1946, headquarters ordered him and twenty other CIC special agents to proceed on or about 25 November 1946 into the French Occupied Zone of Germany—including Landau, Freiburg, Konstanz, Reutlingen, Friedrichshafen, and Ludwigshafen—for an official CIC mission of about sixty days. Other Ritchie Boys named on that order included John H. Dermer, Erich Dreyfuss, Anthony G. Federici, Helmuth F. W. Frey, Leo Grey, Wolfgang E. F. Hoffer, and Arnold F. Oppenheimer.

Rohlffs died in 2009.

Timeline

• 1920 — Born in Germany.
• Class 25 — Trained at Camp Ritchie.
• 23 November 1946 — Named on 970th CIC Detachment orders for a ~60-day French Zone mission beginning on or about 25 November 1946 (credential no. 4645).
• 2009 — Died.

Gallery

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  970th CIC Detachment orders, 23 November 1946 — sixty-day French Zone mission (Landau, Freiburg, Konstanz, Reutlingen, Friedrichshafen, Ludwigshafen) naming special agents including Bruno Rohlffs, John H. Dermer, Erich Dreyfuss, Anthony G. Federici, Helmuth F. W. Frey, Leo Grey, Wolfgang E. F. Hoffer, and Arnold F. Oppenheimer (RB Archive / Facebook)

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	89
Nara ASN	16129315
Nara Name	ROHLFFS BRUNO O
Nara State	63
Nara County	117
Nara POE	6359
Nara DOE	230942
Nara Grade Alpha	PVT
Nara Grade Code	8
Nara Branch Alpha	BI
Nara Branch Code	0
Branch	Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Nara Term or Enlistment	5
Term of enlistment	Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Defer. Date	0
Nara Source	0
Nara Nativity	N1
Nara Year of Birth	20
Nara Race	1
Nara Race Description	White citizen
Nara Education	7
Nara Civilian Occupation	992
Nara Marital Status	6
Nara Height (inches)	66
Nara Weight (lbs)	115
Class_ASN	16129315
Class_Name	ROLFFS, Bruno O.
match_method	asn_exact_name_compatible
row_source	both

Sources

• 970th CIC Detachment French Zone mission orders, 23 November 1946 (names Bruno Rohlffs, credential no. 4645)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2021-03-08 (970th CIC French Zone mission order naming Bruno Rohlffs)
• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2021-03-08 (1 post)