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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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MANFRED STEINFELD JOSBACH, GERMANY 82nd Airborne, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Operation Market Garden In the photograph above, Steinfeld (right) meets the Russians in Grabow, Germany, 1945. Manfred Steinfeld lived in a small village of four hundred with six Jewish families. See the [[The Stories/The Enemy I Knew/Manfred Steinfeld|full story]].


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
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* 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)
* [https://www.theritchieboys.com/the-stories/the-enemy-i-knew-german-jews-in-the-allied-military-in-world-war-ii/manfred-steinfeld theritchieboys.com story]

Revision as of 02:42, 22 August 2026

Manfred Steinfeld
Personal details
Born1924
Died2019
NativityGermany
ReligionJewish
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch United States Army
ASN36737899
RankPrivate First Class
Camp RitchieClass 17 (11 March – 8 May 1944)
Section5C
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Manfred Steinfeld (1924–2019) was a United States Army Private First Class who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 17.

Biography

MANFRED STEINFELD JOSBACH, GERMANY 82nd Airborne, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Operation Market Garden In the photograph above, Steinfeld (right) meets the Russians in Grabow, Germany, 1945. Manfred Steinfeld lived in a small village of four hundred with six Jewish families. See the full story.

Research notes

  • OTC; Also PG Class 15 OB
  • About Face
  • OB16;45

Gallery

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Technical record

Field Imported value
Approx Age at Death 95
Class_ASN 36737899
Class_Name STEINFELD, Manfred
match_method asn_exact_name_exact
row_source both

Sources

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