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Personal info

Full name
HAND, Albert J
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Pleasantville, Atlantic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32956138
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
Near Kerling-lès-Sierck, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 46 11

Immediate family

Members
William G. Hand (father)
Jennie Hand (mother)
John W. Hand (brother)
Harry Hand (brother)
Horace Hand (brother)
Elmer Hand (brother)
Blanch Hand (sister)
Frank Hand (brother)
Amos G. Hand (brother)
William J. Hand (brother)
Jennie L. Hand (sister)

More information

Pfc Albert J. Hand attended high school for 4 years and was a paymaster before he enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 14 August 1943.

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 / 1930/1940 Census
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