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Personal info

Full name
SPIELVOGEL, Bernard Albert
Date of birth
26 August 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36218663
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
326th Airborne Engineer Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
21 December 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Paul Spielvogel (father)
Rose Spielvogel (mother)
Mary Spielvogel (sister)
Cecilia Spielvogel (sister)
Margaret Spielvogel (sister)
Anna Spielvogel (sister)
Paul Spielvogel (brother)
Loretta Spielvogel (sister)
Francis Spielvogel (brother)
Eugene Spielvogel (brother)
Ida Spielvogel (sister)

More information

Pfc Bernard A Spielvogel attended St. Boniface High School.

He enlisted on 29 August 1941 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: FOHF, Milwaukee Journal - January 1946