Lieutenant Arnold Sofus Rufsvold | UW Gold Star Honor Roll
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Arnold Sofus Rufsvold

Graduating Class of 1923
Served in World War II

Lieutenant
Arnold Sofus Rufsvold

Navy

Hometown

Marinette, WI

Date of Birth

Location of Death

Charleston, SC

Date of Death

Location of Burial

Forest Home Cemetery, Marinette, WI

More About Lieutenant Rufsvold

Lt. Rufsvold was a veteran of World War I. In World War II he served as a salvage officer, raising sunken vessels. Lt. Rufsvold died of wounds received when his boat was torpedoed during the invasion of Sicily. He died at the U.S. Navy hospital at Charleston, SC after having been invalided back to the U.S. from the Mediterranean war zone.