RANGERS Bachleda, Anton

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Bachleda ​

• FORENAME

Anton ​

• UNIT

2 Ranger Bn (Company E) ​

• RANK

Corporal ​

• NUMBER

32808036 ​

• AWARD

Bronze Star ​

• PLACE

Normandy ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 26.08.1923, Zdiar, Czechoslovakia​

resided New York, New York​

wife Irmgard Bachleda (1924-1988)​

employed by Padis Clam House​

30.06.1942 draft card New York City, New York​

drafted 1943​

06.1944 WIA​

06.1944 POW Stalag 4F + Work Camps Hartmannsdorf-Chemnitz Saxony 51-12​

04.11.1945 discharged​

postwar 7th Regiment National Guard Armory, New York​

retired as Sergeant Major​

his son Bernd Bachleda (1947-1968) was KIA Khe Sanh, Vietnam with 101 Airborne​

died 22.01.1976 age 52 ​

Lakeview Cemetery, East Hampton, Connecticut, USA​

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