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BAMM, Arthur Carl Jr - Date of
birth
24 July 1923 -
Age
21 -
Place of birth
Jackson County, Michigan -
Hometown
Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
16110373 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division,
81mm Mortar Platoon
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
23 November 1944 - Place of
death
Immendorf, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Arthur C. Bamm (father)
Edith M. (Spreeman) Bamm (mother)
Doris M. Bamm (sister)
Beatrice E. Bamm (sister)
Louis W. Bamm (brother)
Esther M. Bamm (sister)
Ruth L. Bamm (sister)
Ralph E. Bamm (brother)
Dale M. Bamm (brother)
More information
Pfc Arthur C. Bamm Jr. volunteered for the Air Corps of the U.S. Army in Detroit, Michigan on 18 September 1942. He attended high school for 4 years.He was selected for the Army Specialized Training Program (A.S.T.P.) and studied at Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio.
His comrade, Arthur Soddeck remembered Pfc Bamm was killed by a large artillery shell which buried him on the spot at the bottom of a German bunker.
On 10 September 1947 an investigation team searched for his remains in Immendorf. They questioned several officials of the community without any result.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, IDPF
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com