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Personal info

Full name
BERNAL, Henry Garcia
Date of birth
20 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Brawley, Imperial County, California
Hometown
Del Rey, Fresno County, California

Military service

Service number
39051434
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 30 43

Immediate family

Members
Antony G. Bernal (father)
Felipa (Garcia) Bernal (mother)
Joe Bernal (brother)
Pauline Bernal (sister)
Candeliro Bernal (brother)
Lucy Bernal (sister)
Irene Bernal (sister)
Annie Bernal (sister)
Peter Bernal (brother)
Kathaleen Bernal (sister)
Carol Bernal (sister)
Joe Bernal (brother)

More information

Pvt Henry G. Bernal attended Selma Union High School and worked on a farm before he enlisted in Presidio of Monterey, California on 28 April 1944. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

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 / Velez Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - The Fresno Bee 29 December 1944
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