PFC Alexander Rosenthal was born 15 Oct 1923 in Galien, Michigan. He was the 9th of 10 children born to Henry and Maria Katharine (Dauer) Rosenthal. His parents were both natives of Russia. His parents lived in Chicago, Illinois where is father worked as a brickmaker but by 1920 moved to Berrien County, Michigan where he first farmed near Weesaw then returned to working in a brickyard in Baroda. By 1940 many in the family worked at a local foundry providing the family a combined income of $2230 for 1939. The family now lived on Cleveland Avenue in Lincoln, Michigan. Alex only completed 1 year of high school and was working for Clark Equipment Company in Baroda in 1942.
It was in December 1942 when Alex was drafted. After completing his basic military training he was sent to England and assigned to H Company 116th Infantry. It was with that unit that he trained for the amphibious landing that was a planned part of the liberation of occupied France. PFC Rosenthal was with the unit during the landing on 6 Jun 1944 and killed in action on that day.
PFC Rosenthal was repatriated and re-interred in
Ruggles Cemetery in Baroda, Michigan where he is with many family members.
Brothers, Henry, Peter, Jacob, and Carl also served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
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