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Personal info

Full name
BADER, Joseph Pracht
Date of birth
1 July 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Kentucky
Hometown
Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35689255
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
395th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 April 1945
Place of death
Near Kromback, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 6 17

Immediate family

Members
Frank J. Bader (father)
Bertha Bader (mother)
Alberta Bader (sister)
Frank J. Bader (brother)
Edward Bader (brother)
William J. Bader (brother)
Marcella Bader (sister)
Cyril Bader (brother)
Mary E. (Ringswald) Bader (wife)

More information

Pfc Joseph P. Bader enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 1 December 1942 and joined his unit in October 1944.


Pfc Bader was killed In action by shrapnel in the abdomen.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.footnote.com, www.newspapers.com - The Courier-Journal

Photo source: Michel Beckers, www.newspapers.com - The Courier-Journal, www.ancestry.com - Bader Family Tree