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Personal info

Full name
BUNN, Malcolm Harry
Date of birth
14 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Jamesburg, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Whitehouse, Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42142754
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Gladbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 16 32

Immediate family

Members
Perley M. Bunn (father)
Elsie (Baker) Bunn (mother)
Myrtle G. Bunn (sister)
Helen J. Bunn (sister)
Lynn Bunn (brother)
Milton Bunn (brother)
Eileen B. Bunn (sister)

More information

Pfc Malcolm H. Bunn attended high school for four years and was a chauffeur before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 29 May 1944.

He died of severe fracture wounds of the head and legs. He was buried at Henri-Chapelle in a temporary grave on 3 March 1945. After the Cemetery was given a permanent status, and after he was disinterred, Pfc Bunn was given his final resting place on 14 August 1948.

He is remembered at the Fernwood Cemetery of Jamesburg, New Jersey.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Reinhdardt-Bunn Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.archives.gov, www.history.army.mil, IDPF, www.newspapers.com - The Central New Jersey Home News New Jersey 14 April 1945

Photo source: www.wwiimemorial.com, Peter Schouteten