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Personal info

Full name
NARTEN, Bruce Bolling
Date of birth
8 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35914945
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
J 19 21

Immediate family

Members
Henry S. Narten (father)
Fern (Fishburn) Narten (mother)
Barbara A. Narten (sister)
Perry Narten (brother)
Mikel Narten (brother)
Kathleen Narten (sister)

More information

Pfc Bruce B. Narten graduated from Shaker Heights High School and was a chemist.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 31 August 1943. He was selected for the Army Specialized Training Program (A.S.T.P.) and studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology.

Pfc Narten was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / North America Family Histories, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Denise Kellam, The Plain Dealer - 29 December 1944