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Personal info

Full name
WHITFIELD, Bernard Ross
Date of birth
18 April 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina
Hometown
Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
44010785
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Near Bergkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 4 33

Immediate family

Members
Robert A. Whitfield (father)
Jessie M. (Overton) Whitfield (mother)
Robert M. Whitfield (brother)
Jean M. Whitfield (sister)
Rachel M. Whitfield (sister)
James T. Whitfield (brother)

More information

Pfc Bernard R. Whitfield attended high school for four years before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 22 August 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

He is remembered at Burchwood Cemetery in Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Gravemarker / flow828

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Gravemarker, www.ancestry.com - auntym