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|middle=D.
|middle=D.
|class_section=5F
|class_section=5F
|class_rank=Pvt
|class_rank=Private
|nativity=Ge
|nativity=Germany
|religion=J
|religion=Jewish
|enlistment_place=NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK
|enlistment_place=New York City New York
|state=NEW YORK
|state=New York
|ipw_ge=69
|ipw_ge=69
|overseas=Y
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|birth_year=1924
|birth_year=1924
|specialty=IPW (interrogation of prisoners of war)
|specialty=IPW (interrogation of prisoners of war)
|division=69th IPW; XX Corps, Third Army
|division=69th IPW Team; XX Corps
|photo=Enemy I Knew Fred Fields 1.png
|photo=Enemy I Knew Fred Fields 1.png
|class=10
|class=10
|ipw=69
|ipw=69
|story=The Stories/The Enemy I Knew/Fred Fields
|teams=MII 447-G
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Fields returned to New York after the war. Although he had worked in the family bakery before military service, his later trade was butchering. He eventually retired as a butcher and lived in Riverdale, New York.
Fields returned to New York after the war. Although he had worked in the family bakery before military service, his later trade was butchering. He eventually retired as a butcher and lived in Riverdale, New York.
Shortly before his death in March 2023, Fred D. Fields recorded an interview with the American Veterans Center about his upbringing in Germany, escape via England, U.S. Army service, Camp Ritchie, and IPW Team 69 (linked in Sources).


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
* Was Siegfried Dingfelder
* Was Siegfried Dingfelder
* 447-G
* 5/8/1924-A
* 5/8/1924-A


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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* 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)
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
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