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Personal info

Full name
BONNER, Andrew Lee Jr
Date of birth
12 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Choktow County, Alabama
Hometown
Toxey, Choktow County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34805376
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Les Rouges Eaux - Col du Haut Jacques, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 19 8

Immediate family

Members
Andrew L. Bonner Sr. (father)
Emmie L. (Lucas) Bonner (mother)
Beatrice Bonner (sister)
Sam Bonner (brother)
Helen M. Bonner (sister)

More information

Pfc Andrew L. Bonner Jr. worked on the family farm before he enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 6 May 1943. He was sent overseas in June 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the back and thorax.

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