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Personal info

Full name
BITTERMAN, Frederick David
Date of birth
22 April 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Seattle, King County, Washington
Hometown
Seattle, King County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39475140
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Morsbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 16 9

Immediate family

Members
Jacob W. Bitterman (father)
Ruth E. (Ellis) Bitterman (mother)

More information

Pfc Frederick D. Bitterman attended Seattle Preparatory School for two years and was employed at the Ballard Marine Railway Company. in Seattle.

He enlisted in Seattle, Washington on 7 July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census U.S. / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / U.S. WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards 1942-1947 / Headstone and Interment Record / Kirk-Lyman Family Tree (Barbara Raustadt)

Photo source: Peter Schouteten