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Personal info

Full name
BARD, Fred Norris
Date of birth
6 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Mount Union, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Mount Union, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33573598
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Near Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 12 6

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Bard (father)
Martha E. (Norris) Bard (mother)
Elizabeth J. Bard (sister)
Charles L. Bard (brother)
Sheldon L. Bard (brother)
James Bard (brother)
Herman Bard (brother)

More information

Pfc Fred N. Bard attended high school for four years before he enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 22 February 1943.

He was wounded in the stomach during an artillery barrage that struck his squad around 3 PM. This happened near Emberménil, France. He was carried to a captured aid station, where he later passed away.

He is remembered at the Mount Union Cemetery in Mount Union, Huntington County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton / MAK / Michael Milliken

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / MAK / Michael Milliken