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Personal info

Full name
ROONEY, Bernard Arthur
Date of birth
13 November 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O1300387
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 March 1945
Place of death
Kaiserslautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 17 28

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Rooney (father)
Amelia I. (Ober) Rooney (mother)
Charles S. Rooney (brother)
Mary U. Rooney (sister)
Paul E. Rooney (brother)
John J. Rooney (brother)
Richard W. Rooney (brother)
Rosemary M. Rooney (sister)
David J. Rooney (brother)
Henry Rooney (brother)
Lucy A. Rooney (sister)
Vera Rooney (sister)
Elizabeth A. (Vereb) Rooney (wife)

More information

1st Lt Bernard A. Rooney graduated from Allegheny High School and was employed by the H. J. Heinz Company before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 21 January 1941. he was sent overseas in June 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / McGarvey Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com – The Pittsburgh Press - 10 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Laura S, www.newspapers.com – The Pittsburgh Press - 10 April 1945