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Personal info

Full name
FORMANEK, Bernard Joseph
Date of birth
20 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36589039
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 February 1945
Place of death
Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 33 4

Immediate family

Members
John J. Formanek (father)
Adela E. (Andrashevic) Formanek (mother)
John J. Formanek (brother)
Mary Formanek (sister)

More information

Pvt Bernard J. Formanek attended high school for one year and was employed by the Ford Motor Car Company before he enlisted in March 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Formanek Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Jon Saunders

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Jon Saunders