Middlekauff, Raymond H.
Army Private 1st class

Raymond H. Middlekauff from Maryland, Baltimore City county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Monday, December 4, 1944
Death details: On April 8, 2019, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Private First Class Raymond H. Middlekauff, missing from World War II. Private First Class Middlekauff entered the U.S. Army from Maryland and was a member of Company F, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on December 4, 1944, during the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, near Grosshau, Germany. Attempts to locate PFC Middlekauff following his loss were unsuccessful. In June 1946, a set of remains was recovered from a minefield in the woods west of Grosshau, near the area of PFC Middlekauff’s loss. These remains could not be identified at the time and were eventually interred as an unknown at the Ardennes American Cemetery in Neupré, Belgium. In 2018, following a historical and anthropological review, DPAA officials recommended that these remains be disinterred for further scientific testing and identification. DPAA analysts used modern forensic techniques to identify PFC Middlekauff from among these remains.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency