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Personal info

Full name
BACKMAN, Bertil Eugene
Date of birth
26 October 1910
Age
33
Place of birth
Tenstrike, Beltrami County, Minnesota
Hometown
Beltrami County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37285048
Rank
Private
Function
Ammunition Bearer
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 October 1944
Place of death
Echternach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 20 82

Immediate family

Members
Lars A. Backman (father)
Alma A. (Ersson) Backman (mother)
Seth Backman (brother)
Martin E. Backman (brother)
Bernard E. Backman (brother)
Swen Backman (brother)
Gerda Backman (sister)

More information

Pvt Bertil Backman was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Holmqvist Family Tree, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.findagrave.com
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