Bert L. Black

Bert L. Black Jr.

Company C 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 12/02/1944

Bert Leland Black Jr. was born in Clemenceau, Yavapai County, Arizona on January 25, 1925

He listed his home of residence as Yavapai County, Arizona. His religion was listed as Protestant.

His Army serial number indicates he was drafted into the Army.

The application for his grave marker indicates he entered the Army on June 7, 1943.

He was assigned to Company C from the 92nd Replacement Battalion on November 27, 1944.

Private Black was killed in action in Germany during the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest,
on December 2, 1944.

Bert L. Black Jr. was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Henri-Chapelle Cemetery, Eupen, Belgium and some time later
his remains were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in California.

Burial:
Hermosa Memorial Gardens
Colton
San Bernardino County
California

Grave marker for Bert L. Black

Photo by Barbara LeClaire from the Find A Grave website

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