Rank and Name, Private First Class Albert Jerome Bellinger.
Unit/Placed in, 134th Infantry Regiment (1st Bat. A-Comp), 35th Infantry Division “Santa Fe”.
Albert is born on 14 Jan. 1919 in Pennsylvania.
Father, Ray Adalbert.
Mother, Minnie L. Bellinger.
Brother(s), Leonard and Ellsworth Bellinger.
Albert enlisted the service in New York with service number # 42094138.
Albert was KIA by intense and accurate artillery fire from the Enemy, while they crossed the Saar River on 9 Dec. 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Albert was temporary buried at Limey-Touland later on Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France.
In 1949 he was reburied at Woodlawn National Cemetery
Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA.
Thanks to, http://www.coulthart.com/134/index.htm
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L2P5-2NV
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/
Military Recovery, https://www.dpaa.mil/
On 9 December the 35th Infantry Division enlarged its bridgehead over the Sarre River. However, the 134th Infantry made little gain due to very heavy enemy fire. The 1st and 2d Battalions held their positions and the 3d Battalion gained several hundred yards in capturing hill 271.
