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Personal info

Full name
MULLER, Bernard Daniel
Date of birth
12 January 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland
Religion
Catholic

Military service

Service number
13102128
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 October 1944
Place of death
Opheusden, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 21 16

Immediate family

Members
Lawrence B. Muller (father)
Mary C. (Reilly) Muller (mother)
Lawrence H. Muller (brother)
Edward J. Muller (brother)
Reilly F. Muller (brother)

More information

Pfc Bernard D. Muller attended St. Dominic's Parochial School in Baltimore, and was studying for the priesthood at Holy Cross Seminary in New York.

He enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 4 August 1942 and was sent to England in September 1943.

On D-day his unit was assigned to land behind the German line near Carentan. In that engagement he was wounded. He recovered in time to take part in the air assault against the Germans in The Netherlands.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Muller Larson Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record, http://eagles101st.wordpress.com, www.newspapers.com - The Evening Sun, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Evening Sun