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Personal info

Full name
BERGSTROM, Carl Walter
Date of birth
22 January 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
11131338
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 10 3

Immediate family

Members
Carl R. Bergstrom (father)
Ruth Bergstrom (mother)
John R. Bergstrom (brother)
Gladys Bergstrom (sister)

More information

Pfc Carl W. Bergstrom was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree