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Personal info

Full name
BONDS, Alfred Boyce
Date of birth
17 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42012457
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Edgar T. Bonds (father)
Irene H. Bonds (mother)
Edgar Bonds (brother)
Phillip Bonds (brother)

More information

Pfc Alfred B. Bonds graduated from Teaneck High School in 1943 and enlisted enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 1 September 1943.

He was selected for the Army Specialized Training Program (A.S.T.P.) and studied at Randolph Macon College in Virginia. When the program was cancelled he was sent to the infantry and sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Teaneck High School New Jersey, www.findagrave.com - Wouter van Dijken