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Personal info

Full name
XAVIER, Bjarne K
Date of birth
26 April 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Hometown
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
O1323506
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 9 3

Immediate family

Members
Karl Xavier (father)
Bina C. (Kamerud) Xavier (mother)
Anne Xavier (sister)
Karl Xavier (brother)
Valdemar Xavier (brother)
Mabel Xavier (sister)
Borghild Xavier (sister)
Magdalena Xavier (sister)
Paul Xavier (brother)
Laurentins Xavier (brother)
Violet Xavier (wife)
Barbara Xavier (daughter)

More information

2nd Lt Bjarne K. Xavier attended Edison High School and was a repairman.

He was reported lightly wounded in action and evacuated to a hospital on 29 November. At that time his unit was engaged in the fighting for the Guenviller, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, The Minneapolis Star - 19 January 1945