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Personal info

Full name
NYMAN, Bernard Amos
Date of birth
22 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Brodhead, Green County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36901553
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Near Herbitzheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 30 30

Immediate family

Members
Bernhardt A. Nyman (father)
Lola A. (Zimmerman) Nyman (mother)
Elvira Nyman (sister)
Marcella (Bryne) Nyman (wife)

More information

Pvt Bernard A. Nyman graduated from Brodhead High School and worked at the Indiana Steel Company until he enlisted on 12 February 1944. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was reported wounded in action on 15 December 1944 and died nearly three weeks later.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten,www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Laura's Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Wisconsin State Journal 8 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / R & S, https://newspaperarchive.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Brodhead Wisconsin, www.newspapers.com - Wisconsin State Journal 6 February 1945