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Personal info

Full name
BITNER, Jack Vernon
Date of birth
9 April 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Richfield, Morton County, Kansas
Hometown
Stanton County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37208467
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 31 19

Immediate family

Members
Stephen Bitner (father)
Ella M. (Hanes) Bitner (mother)
Elsie Bitner (sister)
Grace F. Bitner (sister)
Ethel Bitner (sister)
James Bitner (brother)

More information

Pfc Jack V. Bitner was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Social Security Applications and Claims Index / My White Boaz Ancestry, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php,
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Debi Whitehall