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Personal info

Full name
BASTARACHE, Edward Joseph
Date of birth
2 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Hometown
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
20113361
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
50th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 November 1944
Place of death
Rémilly, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 18 14

Immediate family

Members
Pierre Bastarache (father)
Mary J. Bastarache (mother)
Matilda Bastarache (sister)
Irene Bastarache (sister)
Raymond Bastarache (brother)
Armond Bastarache (brother)
Juliette Bastarache (sister)
Alma Bastarache (sister)

More information

Sgt Edward J. Bastarache was a driver before he joined the National Guard in New Bedford, Massachusetts on 16 January 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.6tharmoreddivision.com, www.super6th.org

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