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Personal info

Full name
BERNARD, Walter Thane
Date of birth
16 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Kensington, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Hometown
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31424249
Rank
Private
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
Medical Detachment,
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 December 1944
Place of death
Haguenau, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 5 8

Immediate family

Members
Walter C. Bernard (father)
Elizabeth B. (Waite) Bernard (mother)
Floreda A. (Tyler) Bernard (wife)
June A. Bernard (daughter)

More information

Pvt Walter T. Bernard attended high school for two years and was a checker before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 19 October 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, 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 / Ross and MacKenzie Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Major M