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Bernard C. Elissagaray

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NAME:
Bernard Carol Elissagaray
NICKNAME:
SERVICE NUMBER:
522899
HOME OF RECORD:
Tracy, CA
NEXT OF KIN:
Mother, Mrs. Mary Elissagaray
DATE OF BIRTH:
9/28/1926
SERVICE DATES:
9/29/1943 – 11/5/1945
DATE OF DEATH:
7/30/1992
CAMPAIGN UNIT MOS RATE RESULT
Saipan A/1/24 746 PFC
Tinian A/1/24 746 PFC WIA
INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS:
Purple Heart
LAST KNOWN RANK:
Private First Class

Biography coming soon.

Bernard Elissagaray left a meticulous scrapbook collection detailing his wartime service. View his personal photos, original Marine Corps documents, and captured souvenirs of Saipan.

PFC Elissagaray recuperates in a hospital on New Caledonia in 1944. He has just received a Purple Heart medal, which is pinned to his bedsheets.
PFC Elissagaray recuperates in a hospital on New Caledonia in 1944. He has just received the Purple Heart medal, which is pinned to his bedsheets.

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