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Personal info

Full name
BONEPARTH, Martin
Date of birth
29 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Bronx, Bronx County, New York
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
42047010
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 7 30

Immediate family

Members
Max Boneparth (father)
Minnie (Schwartz) Boneparth (mother)
Joseph Boneparth (half-brother)
Morton Boneparth (brother)

More information

Pvt Martin Boneparth attended 2 years of college before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 15 October 1943.

He was taken prisoner of war and died of his injuries in Germany. Whether he died in a POW camp or in a hospital is not known.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen – Company’s / 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Ward Family Tree, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten