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Personal info

Full name
BAKKEN, Alex
Date of birth
28 June 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Denbigh, McHenry County, North Dakota
Hometown
Blaine County, Montana

Military service

Service number
37294599
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 7 15

Immediate family

Members
Knute A. Bakken (father)
Lena (Brenholen) Bakken (mother)
Alma Bakken (sister)
Alfred Bakken (brother)
Clarence O. Bakken (brother)
Amanda Bakken (sister)
Clarence C. Bakken (brother)
Harris Bakken (brother)
Oliver Bakken (brother)
Gilman Bakken (brother)
Nora Bakken (sister)
Olga Bakken (sister)
Adeline Bakken (sister)

More information

Pfc Alex Bakken worked on a farm.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Note: There actually are two brothers with the first name of Clarence. One died a year after his birth, so the next son born received the name of Clarence.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Hannah Majewski - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55963374/alex-bakken