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Personal info

Full name
HART, Bernard Richard
Date of birth
24 November 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
South Orange, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
South Orange, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42002983
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Bénestroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 18 31

Immediate family

Members
Harold H. Hart (father)
Helen V. (Vail) Hart (mother)
Arthur Hart (brother)
Harold H. Hart Jr. (brother)
Joane Hart (sister)

More information

Pfc Bernard R. Hart attended high school for four years before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 9 July 1943.
He was killed by small arms fire to his chest.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks South Orange, New Jersey