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Personal info

Full name
BERNET, Stephen T "Perky"
Date of birth
10 January 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York
Hometown
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York

Military service

Service number
32832677
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
101st General Hospital
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
15 November 1945
Place of death
Magdeburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 39 12

Immediate family

Members
John F. Bernet (father)
Maryanna (Nawrotek) Bernet (mother)
Julia Bernet (sister)
Casimir Bernet (brother)
Florence Bernet (sister)
Mary Bernet (sister)
Jennie Bernet (sister)
Genevieve Bernet (sister)
Louis Bernet (brother)

More information

T/5 Stephen T. Bernet enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 10 February 1943.

His surname also appears as Bernat.

His parents immigrated from Poland.

On one photo he poses with some of his sisters.

The truck he was riding in on his way to Berlin slid off the road near Magdeburg and landed in the Elbe River. T/5 Bernet drowned.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Trisha A. Smith, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930-1940 Census / Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Trisha A. Smith