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Fred W Gerstel Jr 1934 - 2007

Fred W Gerstel Jr of Mashpee, Barnstable County, MA was born on April 28, 1934, and died at age 73 years old on May 28, 2007. Fred Gerstel was buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery Section 21A Site 296 Off Connery Avenue, in Bourne.
Fred W Gerstel Jr
Mashpee, Barnstable County, MA 02649
April 28, 1934
May 28, 2007
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  • 04/28
    1934

    Birthday

    April 28, 1934
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Marine Corps Rank attained: SGT Wars/Conflicts: Korea
  • 05/28
    2007

    Death

    May 28, 2007
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Massachusetts National Cemetery Section 21A Site 296 Off Connery Avenue, in Bourne, Ma 02532
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In 1934, in the year that Fred W Gerstel Jr was born, on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
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In 1945, at the age of merely 11 years old, Fred was alive when on February 19th, US Marines landed on the island of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Iwo Jima began. Lasting 5 weeks, it was some of the bloodiest and fiercest fighting in the Pacific theater during World War II. The occupying Japanese forces were heavily armed and there were 21,000 Japanese soldiers on the island at the beginning of the battle. Only 216 Japanese soldiers were captured afterwards - the rest had been killed in action or committed suicide. 6,800 American soldiers died but the Americans took control of the island.
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