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Personal info

Full name
BOHRER, Jack Donald
Date of birth
1 November 1925
Age
18
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Inkster, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36890449
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
2 October 1944
Place of death
Groesbeek, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Norman J. Bohrer (father)
Oleta L. (Crittenden) Bohrer (mother)
Jeanne M. Bohrer (sister)
Alfred E. Bohrer (brother)
Ralph Bohrer (half brother)

More information

Pvt Jack D. Bohrer enlisted in Michigan.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.marketgarden.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / WWII Draft Registration Card, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Susan Linton - Patricia Brand (great-niece) / Carole Agne (grand niece)