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Personal info

Full name
PAGE, Bernice Eugene
Date of birth
16 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana
Hometown
Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35840891
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 19 3

Immediate family

Members
Syrus W. Page (father)
Bessie (Jacobus) Page (mother)
Murell Page (brother)
Dallas E. Page (brother)
Mary L. Page (wife)
Carolyn S. Page (daughter)
Ronald E. Page (son)
Kenneth R. Page (son)

More information

Pvt Bernice E. Page worked at a service station.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 30 May 1944 and was sent overseas in November of the same year.

His two brothers also served. Dallas was stationed in India and Merle was stationed in a general hospital in Danville, Kentucky.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.vigo.lib.in.us, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Vincennes Sun-Commercial 30 April 1945