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Personal info

Full name
HOLMAN, Bernice Oneal
Date of birth
23 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Ripley, Lauderdale County, Tennessee
Hometown
Shelby County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34727556
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 January 1945
Place of death
Near Sterpigny, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 5 4

Immediate family

Members
Joel F. Holman (father)
Effie Holman (mother)
John W. Holman (brother)
Cecil Holman (brother)

More information

Pvt Bernice O. Holman was an attendant at a filling station before he enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 25 March 1943.

He was sent overseas in May 1944. He joined his unit from the 92nd Replacement Battalion on 21 December 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org - After Action Report

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Commercial Appeal 28 February 1945