Sergeant Alfred B. Nietzel (World War II) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/longisland.asp. He received the Medal of Honor posthumously for service in the U.S. Army, Company H, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, in recognition of heroism and selflessness at the cost of his own life near Heistern, Germany, November 18, 1944.  He was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama in a March 18, 2014 ceremony in the White House. The award comes through the Defense Authorization Act which in 2002, called for a review of Jewish American and Hispanic American veterans from World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War to ensure that no prejudice was shown to those deserving the Medal of Honor.  https://www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Photos/igphoto/2001126594/
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President Obama presents cousin Robert Nietzel with Albert Nietzel's posthumous MOH.

ALFRED B NIETZEL

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