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Personal info

Full name
BUNDE, Maurice
Date of birth
6 April 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Lyons, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Hometown
Colton, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Military service

Service number
37249613
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Drusenheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Gunder O. Bunde (father)
Mathea T. (Sater) Bunde (mother)
Theander G. Bunde (brother)
Olga A. G. Bunde (sister)
Lawrence T. G. Bunde (brother)
Nathalia P. G. Bunde (sister)
Gina G. Bunde (sister)
Melvin G. Bunde (brother)
Johanna Bunde (sister)

More information

Pvt Maurice Bunde was a crew member in one of the six tanks left to cover the retreat of his division near Drusenheim, France. His tank was hit and set afire. Pvt Bunde was not seen to have evacuated the tank. Because the enemy occupied the area, no search for him was possible. A friend of Pvt Bunde, who was also a crew member of one of the six tanks, testified that Pvt Bunde had not escaped from the flaming tank.


Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Moen Leydig Family Tree, http://14thad.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Have Paws will travel / Dale Rosten