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Personal info

Full name
BIRD, George
Date of birth
17 December 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Byrnside, Putnam County, West Virginia
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33706230
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 October 1944
Place of death
In the Vicinity of Verzevelle - Domfaing, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 13 49

Immediate family

Members
John L. Bird (father)
Ann M. (Stanley) Bird (mother)
Chester J. Bird (brother)
Virginia I. Bird (sister)
Eleanor Bird (sister)
Vedious B. (Bess) Bird (wife)

More information

Pvt George Bird was a stock clerk.

He enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 4 October 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy