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Personal info

Full name
BORTNEM, Loyd Vincent
Date of birth
29 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Lake County, South Dakota
Hometown
Volga, Brookings County, South Dakota

Military service

Service number
36891122
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Truck Driver
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
Koecking Woods, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 24 17

Immediate family

Members
Oscar O. Bortnem (father)
Emma Bortnem (mother)
Robert I. Bortnem (brother)
Burdette L. Bortnem (brother)
Violet V. Bortnem (sister)
Clinton K. Bortnem (brother)
Ethel E. Bortnem (sister)
Laurine Bortnem (sister)
Kern Bortnem (sister)
Dorothy A. (Rosenwald) Bortnem (wife)

More information

Pfc Loyd V. Bortnem worked on a farm before he enlisted in December 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Lisa Preston's Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton / Rose / Rio, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Silvano Theunissen / Rose / Rachael Harshbarger