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Personal info

Full name
BERNSTEIN, Louis Ernest
Date of birth
3 March 1917
Age
28
Place of birth
Shackelford County, Texas
Hometown
Albany, Shackelford County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38135610
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
Near Reuth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 8 40

Immediate family

Members
Herman T. Bernstein (father)
Emma M. J. Bernstein (mother)
Ruth O. Bernstein (sister)
Agnes A. Bernstein (sister)
Martha E. Bernstein (sister)
Herman T. Bernstein (sister)
Marie M. Bernstein (sister)
Lorena M. Bernstein (sister)
Edna E. Bernstein (sister)
John W. Bernstein (sister)

More information

Pfc Louis E. Bernstein worked on a farm.

He enlisted in Abilene, Texas on 15 August 1942.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com, 345th Infantry Regiment History, ww.ancestry.com - 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Siem Voogt