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Personal info

Full name
BUNGARD, Melvin Clive
Date of birth
30 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Leisenring, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Ohiopyle, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33691449
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Biffontaine, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 22 37

Immediate family

Members
Milton Bungard (father)
Daisy (Youngkin) Bungard (mother)
James D. Bungard (brother)
Harry M. Bungard (brother)
Wade F. Bungard (brother)
Robert M. Bungard (brother)
Earnest Bungard (brother)
Mabel I. Bungard (sister)
Wilbur O. Bungard (brother)
Eleanor W. Bungard (sister)
Wayne E. Bungard (brother)
Dana G. Bungard (sister)
June M. (Thorpe) Bungard (wife)
Patricia F. Bungard (daughter)

More information

Pfc Melvin C. Bungard was employed by the Western Maryland Railway Company.

He enlisted in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 20 July 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Kentucky, Birth Index / https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy