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Personal info

Full name
BERGER, Samuel Winfred Jr
Date of birth
2 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Weiner, Poinsett County, Arkansas
Hometown
Poinsett County, Arkansas
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
38669660
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 April 1945
Place of death
Münster, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 20 18

Immediate family

Members
Samuel W. Berger Sr. (father)
Lona A. (Leech) Berger (mother)
Alice L. Berger (sister)
Dorothy W. Berger (sister)
Katherine A. Berger (sister)
Helen J. Berger (sister)
Ruth U. Berger (sister)

More information

Pvt Samuel W. Berger Jr. attended Arkansas State College and was taking pre-med classes to prepare for a future in pharmacy when his college deferment was cancelled.

He enlisted at Camp Robinson, Arkansas on 8 June 1944.
He is remembered at Oak Grove Cemetery in Weiner, Poinsett County, Arkansas with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Tom Verheijden, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / U.S. WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards 1942-1947

Photo source: Tom Verheijden, Berger Family, www.findagrave.com - Dave Clark