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Personal info

Full name
BAYER, Arthur
Date of birth
24 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Elmwood Park, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36670256
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
South of Frenz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 17 38

Immediate family

Members
John W. Bayer Sr. (father)
Pauline Bayer (mother)
John W. Bayer Jr. (brother)

More information

Pfc Arthur Bayer enlisted in Chicago on 17 June 1942 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

Arthur Bayer was sent ahead of his unit as a scout and was killed by mortar fire.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Jim Opolony - Proviso East High School, Peter Schouteten