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Personal info

Full name
TRAIL, Bernard Jackson
Date of birth
9 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Kyle, McDowell County, West Virginia
Hometown
Mercer County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35135014
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
35th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Injuries
Date of death
8 August 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 25 60

Immediate family

Members
James T. Trail (father)
Cora J. (Eggleston) Trail (mother)
Clarence W. Trail (brother)
Raymond I. Trail (brother)
Rufus P. Trail (brother)
Georgia E. Trail (sister)
James T. Trail (half brother)
Elva Trail (sister)
Nancy (Trail) Cox (sister)
Emma Jo Trail (sister)
Sylvia Trail (sister)
John. H. Martin (stepbrother)
Anna J. Martin (stepsister)

More information

Cpl Bernard J. Trail enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 17 March 1942.

He was taken prisoner on 1 August 1944 and died of injuries in a German field hospital. The exact location is not known.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Solers, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, 1941 - 1946, www.findagrave.com - John Clark

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight “Andy” Anderson, John Clark