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Personal info

Full name
ZECH, Bernard A
Date of birth
7 May 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Utica, Oneida County, New York
Hometown
Clark Mills, Oneida County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
32947883
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
120th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
15 October 1944
Place of death
Birk-Bardenberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 5 59

Immediate family

Members
Charles A. Zech Jr. (father)
Sarah A. (Mills) Zech (mother)
William C. Zech (brother)
Amelia P. Zech (sister)
Faith A. (Benson) Zech (wife)

More information

Bernard A. Zech attended grammar school, worked as a farm hand and was married.
He entered the Service from Utica, New York on 11 November 1943 as a Private. He took basic training at Ft. McClellan, Alabama.

Source of information: Jac Engels, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1925 Census / 1930 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards, Harold Whittemore (friend, www.oldhickory30th.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet