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Personal info

Full name
DUNN, Bernard
Date of birth
4 January 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Cardon, Faulkner County, Arkansas
Hometown
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
O-1312135
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Coin-sur-Seille, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 4 52

Immediate family

Members
Arthur A. Dunn (father)
Minnie E. (Carter) Dunn (mother)
Arthur E. Dunn (brother)
Maxine Dunn (sister)
Merline Dunn (sister)
Dorris Dunn (sister)
Dorothy Dunn (sister)
Ruth N. Dunn (wife)

More information

1st Lt Bernard Dunn attended 1 year of high school and worked as a bookkeeper at was employed at Manhattan Furniture Company.

He enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 27 July 1942. He was commissioned a second lieutenant after the completion of Officer Training School in Ft Benning, Georgia. He was sent overseas in July, 1944.


Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / McCollough McCosh Cole Family Tree, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder,
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Brenda Watson, Tulsa World - 25 January 1945