Obit for WULFF, Harold (b.1921 d.1944), Murray Co., MN
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(This article is from a relative's scrapbook. The name and date of the 
paper is unknown. However, there is a handwritten note stating, Week of 
Dec. 23, 1944. I have typed this obit word for word as best I could. Part 
of the obit is missing/hard to read. I have entered blanks in those 
lines. )
"While the Fulda community had not even partially recoverd from the shock 
of the death of Henry Koopman, of the Army, tragedy struck another family 
in that little city when Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wulff received a message from 
the War department last Friday afternoon saying that their son, Marine 
Pfc. Harold Wulff, had been killed in an accidental explosion "somewhere 
in the Pacific." The message cautioned the family not to divulge his 
location in that is might give aid to the enemy, but this they know, that 
to them there is now a hallowed spot on some one of the allied held 
islands in the Pacific.

To the family the message brought untold grief, since he was the youngest 
in the family and the only son and brother. He is survived by three 
sisters, Mrs. George Horkey (Evelyn) of Kinbrae; Mrs. Florian Nemmers 
(Lillian) of Slayton, and Miss Hazel Wulff, of Fulda.

Following his governments's instructions not to reveal his exact 
location, his letters home have been brief and gave little information 
about his life on the island. In one note he told that one of the persons 
from home he had __________ was Marine Raymond Fuchs, who was either 
stationed with him or near him, and it is possible more _____ may be 
received from him concerning the accident, if censorship permits. Friends 
and relatives grieve with the family in their time of sorrow.

Harold Wulff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wulff, was born in Lakefield, 
________ber 27, 1921. When he was six months old his parents came to 
Fulda ________ and this has been his home ____gh his childhood and young 
manhood. He attended the Lutheran parochial school and also completed 
four years in the Fulda high school, where he was graduated in June 1941. 
After graduation he was employed in the Weicherding clothing store, where 
he was a courteous and helpful assistant. To his mother and sisters he 
was ever considerate and affectionate.

He enlisted in the Marine corps on March 23, 1942, and was called for 
training on April 22. He reported for induction at Ft. Snelling and on 
April 23 was sent to San Diego, Calif., for his boot training. He was 
transferred to Camp Elliot, where he remained for a short time and left 
in July for duty in the Pacific. He was a good soldier, keeping the 
military secrets so necessary to American success in the Pacific, serving 
whole-heartedly with the troops sent to that theater of war, and 
performing the duties that wer assigned to him, and it is one of the 
tragedies of war that the end of his service came so soon.

His last letter home had been written on November 30 and had been 
received by his mother only a few days before the message telling of his 
death. Since the message gave no date or details of his death, it is to 
be assumed it occurred during the early days of December.

The second gold star has been placed on the service flag at the Fulda 
Lutheran church, and a memorial service will be held there as soon as the 
letter with more detailed information is received by the family."