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Personal info

Full name
BOURDET, Norman Henry
Date of birth
16 April 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38317742
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
19th Tank Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ermsdorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 15 6

Immediate family

Members
Anthony G. Bourdet (father)
Marie F (Bachemin) Bourdet (mother)
Florian J. Bourdet (brother)
Mary R. Bourdet (sister)
Florence (Heyd) Bourdet (sister)
Anthony G. Bourdet (brother)

More information

Cpl Norman H. Bourdet attended high school for four years and was a manager before he enlisted in New Orleans, Louisiana on 16 November 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragment in the chest.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / New Orleans, Louisiana, Birth Records Index, 1790-1915 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954, https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-E-Ardennes/USA-E-Ardennes-9.html

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