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Personal info

Full name
BANG, Sidnie
Date of birth
14 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Vaernes, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
Hometown
Spokane County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39389210
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
607th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 5 15

Immediate family

Members
Martin S. Bang (father)
Sarah G. Bang (mother)
Borgny G. Bang (brother)
Peder Bang (brother)
Glenda Bang (sister)
John B. Bang (brother)
Irene G. Bang (sister)
Peter D. Bang (brother)
Joseph R. Bang (brother)
Pearl H. Bang (sister)

More information

T/5 Sidnie Bang attended high school for 2 years and worked in a paper factory. He enlisted at Fort Lewis, Washington on 14 March 1942.

He was seriously wounded on 28 February 1945, near Neuenstein, south of Ormont, Germany. He was evacuated to the 110th Evacuation Hospital and died on 2 March 1945.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Steve Dike, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Champion Family Tree / WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Steve Dike