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Personal info

Full name
BEMENT, Harold R
Date of birth
1913
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas
Hometown
Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37739621
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Mertzwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 14 27

Immediate family

Members
Joseph J. Bement (father)
Nancy A. (Sluder) Bement (mother)
Kathryn A. Bement (sister)
Charlene M. (Collins) Bement (wife)

More information

Pvt Harold R. Bement enlisted in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 6 April 1944.

He attended high school for 2 years and was a porter before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Charles Tilman Sluder Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Annette Redford, www.ancestry.com - rocketbuck