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Personal info

Full name
BETLER, Bernard O
Date of birth
7 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Pickens, Randolph County, West Virginia
Hometown
Pickens, Randolph County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35756562
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
Rambucourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 10 25

Immediate family

Members
Otto F. Betler (father)
Anna M. (Haessig) Betler (mother)
Hazel M. Betler (sister)
Edward E. Betler (brother)
Agnes A. Betler (sister)
Mabel M. Betler (sister)
Henry O. Betler (brother)
Anna E. Betler (sister)
Ernest G. Betler (brother)

More information

Pfc Bernard O. Betler attended 3 years of high school before he enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 17 June 1943.
He was reported lightly wounded in action on 17 September and sent to the 110th Evacuation Hospital, located in Rambucourt.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thDivision.com

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