Albert James Rasmussen

1895 - 1956  (60 years)

• Name	Albert James Rasmussen
  Birth	20 Sep 1895	WI
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Jul 1956	WI
  Burial	Marshfield, Wood, WI
  	BURIAL Hillside Cemetery PLOT Section I, Row F Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I3701	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	Jens (James Christain) Rasmussen
  Mother	Karen "Carrie" Anderson
  Family ID	F17583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Barbara Eunice Drollinger,   b. 8 Feb 1901, Marathon, WI d. 30 Apr 1981, Marshfield, Wood, WI (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	8 Oct 1923
  Children	+ 1. James Albert "Jim" Rasmussen,   b. 24 Oct 1925, Marshfield, Wood, WI
  Family ID	F1218	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2016

  
  

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  Birth - 20 Sep 1895 - WI Death - 4 Jul 1956 - WI Burial - - Marshfield, Wood, WI  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  ALBERT JAMES RASMUSSEN Albert was born on September 20, 1895 in Marshfield, Wisconsin, the 4th child of James Christian Rasmussen, and Karen Anderson Rasmussen. He was a banker and investment broker starting his career in the First National Bank in 1912 . He then became assistant cashier at the Central State Bank, (now M&I Bank and Trust), a position he held until 1933 at which time he founded the Rasmussen Investment Service. He was a director of the Bank, an institution which he had helped to organize. He married Eunice Drollinger on October 8, 1923. His military career began for him when as a mess sergeant with the 2nd regiment of the National Guard, his unit was mustered into Federal service in June 1916 for duty in the Mexican border campaign. He continued his army affiliation through World War I serving in Europe as a First Sergeant and assistant band director and drum major for the 127th Infantry. After the war, he served with the 135th Medical Regiment as warrant officer and band leader. He directed the summer concert series in Marshfield with the 135th Medical Regiment Band until the onset of World War II. At that time, he was promoted to the rank of Captain and served his country commanding a medical detachment in Australia and New Guinea where the men under his leadership built and maintained an army hospital in the jungle. While in New Guinea, he was stricken with blindness. After partially regaining his sight, he was returned to the United States in 1944 and was later retired from military service with the rank of Major. He died on July 4, 1956. Children of Albert and Eunice: JAMES A RASMUSSEN b Oct.24, 1925 m Iris Marie Hederer June 12, 1945 U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans Name: Albert James Rasmussen Birth Date: 20 Sep 1895 Service Number: 0411121 Unit: MSC Res 5112484 Milwaukee Wisc a/s MSC Enlistment Date: 13 Jan 1941 Discharge Date: 30 Jun 1944 Death Date: 4 Jul 1956 Cemetery: Hilliside Cemetery Cemetery Location: Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA U.S., Select Military Registers Name: Albert J Rasmussen Birth Date: 20 Sep 1895 Birth Place: Wisconsin Military Date: 4 May 1934 Publication Date: 1939 Title: National Guard Register