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Personal info

Full name
FORESTAL, Bernard John
Date of birth
20 May 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36841014
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 7 16

Immediate family

Members
James B. Forestal (father)
Crescentia A. (Hageman) Forestal (mother)
Eleanora Forestal (sister)
Loraine Forestal (sister)
Henry Forestal (brother)
Kathryn Forestal (sister)
Emma (Baumgartner) Forestal (wife)

More information

Pvt Bernard J. Forestal was employed by a WPA Project in Woods, Wisconsin.

He was killed by small arms fire to the thorax.

Pvt Forestal is remembered at Holy Cross Cemetery in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin with a memorial marker.

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/Jonelle, www.ancestry.com - rbenson4242, patricia stallard