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Personal info

Full name
FRIEDMAN, Bernard "Bernie"
Date of birth
21 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
36966198
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Mettendorf-Niedergeckler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 3

Immediate family

Members
Julius Friedman (father)
Sarah Friedman (mother)
Francis Friedman (brother)
Esther Friedman (sister)

More information

Pfc Bernard Friedman attended the Roosevelt High School in Chicago before he enlisted.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the abdomen.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Roosevelt High School 1942