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Personal info

Full name
HUG, Bernhard Richard Jr
Date of birth
19 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36215760
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Bernhard R. Hug (father)
Clara M. Hug (mother)
George H. Hug (brother)
Florence E. Hug (sister)
Elmer F. Hug (brother)
Marion A. Hug (sister)
Hugo W. Hug (brother)
Helen L. Hug (sister)
Joyce Hug (sister)
Roger E. Hug (brother)

More information

Pfc Bernhard R. Hug Jr. attended high school for one year and was employed at Sheboygan Distributing Company.
He enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 11 July 1941.
Pfc Hug is remembered at Lutheran Cemetery in Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Sheboygan Press, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Sheboygan Press, www.findagrave.com - Marlin Miller