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Personal info

Full name
BAYER, Harold A
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Peshtigo, Marinette County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
16021304
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 5 58

Immediate family

Members
Joseph E. Bayer (father)
Anna M. (Keninger) Bayer (mother)
Genevieve M. Bayer (sister)
Lucille L. Bayer (sister)
Joseph A. Bayer (brother)
Eleanor Bayer (sister)
Irene Bayer (sister)
Eva Bayer (sister)

More information

Sgt Harold A. Bayer worked on a farm before he joined the the Regular Army in Wasau, Wisconsin on 23 October 1940.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: -, www.findagrave.com - Jill