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Bernhardt, Pvt. Charles A. Jr.

Bernhardt
Last updated on November 28, 2020

Pvt. Charles Arthur Bernhardt Jr.
Born: 20 May 1920 – Brooklyn, New York
Parents: Charles A. Bernhardt Sr. and Grace Bernhardt
Brother: 1 brother
Home: 1508 South Second Avenue – Maywood, Illinois
Education:
– Garfield Grade School
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1938
– The University of Illinois
– attended for one year 
Residence: 1918 South Twenty-first Avenue, Maywood
Employment: store owner
Selective Service Registration: 1 July 1941
– Contact Person: Charles A. Bernhardt – father
Inducted:
– 14 December 1941 – Camp Grant, Illinois
– U.S. Army
Training:
– Camp Roberts, California
– Carolina Beach, North Carolina
Unit:
– Company F, 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Married: Jeanne E. Reid
– engagement announcement appeared in Maywood Herald – 4 March 1943
– Son: Frederick
Engagements:
– North Africa
– Italy
Killed in Action:
– 12 September 1944 – Italy- from machine gunfire
Buried:
– 1949 – The Flushing Cemetery – Long Island, New York
– his wife never remarried

 

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