Eugene Freudenberg II (1925-1945)

Eugene Freudenberg II (1925-1945) aka Eugene Freudenberg, Jr. aka Eugen J. Freudenberg; US Army, Killed in Action in World War II (b. June 29, 1925, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA - d. January 24, 1945, Luzon, Philippines) Military Service Number 42014477.

Name
The "J" as his middle name in his World War II record appears to be a truncation of "Jr.", there is no record of a middle name for him. He also appears as "Eugen Freudenberg" again through a truncation in his military records.

Birth
Eugene was the son of Eugene Freudenberg I (1900-1956) aka Gene Freudenberg and Florence Catherine Skinner (1901-1986).

Siblings
His siblings include: Louis Julius Freudenberg II (1922-1986) who had a child with Mildred Piatt (1918-?); Arthur Oscar Freudenberg II (1929- ) who married Helena R. Bonowicz (1919-1988); and Ralph Kohlman Freudenberg (1937-1995) who fell from a window as an infant and landed on a wrought iron fence and was later burned in a fire.

World War II
Eugene enlisted as a Private in the US Army on September 17, 1943 from Newark, New Jersey. He had completed 1 year of high school and wasn't employed. The New York Times listed his death in a supplement published on March 20, 1945 on page 14. Arthur Oscar Freudenberg II (1929- ) has Eugene's purple heart and the flag used at his funeral, and may have his military photograph.

Burial
Eugene was buried at the Santa Barbara Number 1 Cemetery in the Philippines and was disinterred on August 30, 1948. His skeletal remains were reinterred at Beverly National Cemetery in New Jersey on February 11, 1949. They initially used a Star of David on his plot because they thought the name Freudenberg was Jewish. Florence went to visit the cemetery on October 24, 1949 and told the cemetery officials that he was Christian. They later replaced the Star of David with a Latin Cross. His name is recorded at the National WWII Memorial in Washington, District of Columbia.