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Personal info

Full name
CANNER, Bernard Victor "Bernie"
Date of birth
6 January 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
36101853
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 14 54

Immediate family

Members
Aaron Canner (father)
Mary Canner (mother)
Herman Canner (brother)
Martin Canner (brother)
Lillian (Trute) Canner (wife)
Ronald Canner (son)

More information

T/Sgt Bernard V. Canner graduated from Central High School.
He enlisted on 10 February 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Jeff Kontoff, Jewish War Veterans Department of Michigan