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Personal info

Full name
BERGER, Carl J
Date of birth
20 January 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Skokie, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36678477
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 9 21

Immediate family

Members
Carl Berger (father)
Mary (Borgellar) Berger (mother)
Theresa Berger (sister)
Peter Berger (brother)
Joseph Berger (brother)
Hazel H. (Voigtlander) Berger (wife)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Hans Wijnands, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Marriage Index, Chicago Tribune - 16 June 1945, Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878–1922

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Hans Wijnands