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Personal info

Full name
BARDILL, Wilburn Rexford
Date of birth
1 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Wartburg, Morgan County, Tennessee
Hometown
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35879515
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Dié, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 22 23

Immediate family

Members
Walter J. Bardill (father)
Anna H. Bardill (mother)
Emma Bardill (sister)
Harold Bardill (brother)
Ethel Bardill (sister)
Alice Bardill (sister)

More information

Pfc Wilburn R. Bardill was a waiter employed by the Hickory.

He enlisted in Cincinatti, Ohio on 6 November 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy