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Personal info

Full name
GRAEFER, Bernard John
Date of birth
1908
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey
Hometown
Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32763701
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 January 1945
Place of death
Steffeshausen, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 3 1

Immediate family

Members
Bernard J. Graefer (father)
Anna (Repinski) Graefer (mother)
Elsie Graefer (sister)
Helen Graefer (sister)
Lillian F. Graefer (sister)
Pauline (Krilowich) Graefer (wife)

More information

Pfc Bernard J. Graefer entered the service in February 1943. He went overseas in July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kempf Family Tree / New Jersey Marriage Index, www.newspapers.com – The Record New Jersey - 17 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com – The Record New Jersey - 17 February 1945