Private First-Class Anders Albert Bjorkman, born 30 Aug 1890, was the son of Christina Bjorkman of Helsingborg, Skane County, Sweden. Helsingborg is in far southwestern Sweden.
On his Apr 1917 draft registration 26-year-old Albert is living at 569 Orange Street in Newark. He is employed by the Lister Chemical Works in Newark. He is tall and slender with blue eyes and brown hair.
Albert sailed for France with Company A of the 9th Machine Gun Battalion aboard the RMS Aquitania from New York City on 2 Apr 1918. His person to contact in case of emergency was his mother, Christina Bjorkman, at 17 Gustav Adolph Street in Helsingborg, Sweden.
The 9th Machine Gun Battalion was attached to the 3rd Division. By 26 Jul the 3rd Division had moved up from the Marne River to Le Charmel.
Albert is not listed in Soldiers of the Great War, Volume 2, New Jersey.
Newspapers of the day on 6 Sep 1918 listed: Wounded (Degree Undetermined): Albert A Bjorkman, Sweden.
Pfc. Albert. A. Bjorkman, AEF SN# 554606, Co A. 9th Machine Gun Battalion (Divisional), 3rd Division, AEF.
Awarded the Purple Heart Medal for actions against the enemy.
WIA while serving as an HMG Crewman with Co A. during an enemy artillery strike upon his position while in direct support of the 2nd Battalion, 38th U.S. Infantry Regiment along the south bank of the Marne River just north of the French town of Crézancy, France during The Champagne-Marne Defensive on the morning of Monday, July 15th 1918.
DoW on the afternoon of Friday, July 26th, 1918.
Upon Pfc. Bjorkman's death, Pfc. Bjorkman was initially interred at Grave #12, Plot A. Temporary American Cemetery, Contrexéville, France on the afternoon of Saturday, July 27th, 1918, and was finally reinterred at Grave #36, Row #11, Block E. at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France on the afternoon Saturday, December 3rd, 1921.
On his Apr 1917 draft registration 26-year-old Albert is living at 569 Orange Street in Newark. He is employed by the Lister Chemical Works in Newark. He is tall and slender with blue eyes and brown hair.
Albert sailed for France with Company A of the 9th Machine Gun Battalion aboard the RMS Aquitania from New York City on 2 Apr 1918. His person to contact in case of emergency was his mother, Christina Bjorkman, at 17 Gustav Adolph Street in Helsingborg, Sweden.
The 9th Machine Gun Battalion was attached to the 3rd Division. By 26 Jul the 3rd Division had moved up from the Marne River to Le Charmel.
Albert is not listed in Soldiers of the Great War, Volume 2, New Jersey.
Newspapers of the day on 6 Sep 1918 listed: Wounded (Degree Undetermined): Albert A Bjorkman, Sweden.
Pfc. Albert. A. Bjorkman, AEF SN# 554606, Co A. 9th Machine Gun Battalion (Divisional), 3rd Division, AEF.
Awarded the Purple Heart Medal for actions against the enemy.
WIA while serving as an HMG Crewman with Co A. during an enemy artillery strike upon his position while in direct support of the 2nd Battalion, 38th U.S. Infantry Regiment along the south bank of the Marne River just north of the French town of Crézancy, France during The Champagne-Marne Defensive on the morning of Monday, July 15th 1918.
DoW on the afternoon of Friday, July 26th, 1918.
Upon Pfc. Bjorkman's death, Pfc. Bjorkman was initially interred at Grave #12, Plot A. Temporary American Cemetery, Contrexéville, France on the afternoon of Saturday, July 27th, 1918, and was finally reinterred at Grave #36, Row #11, Block E. at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France on the afternoon Saturday, December 3rd, 1921.
Private First-Class Anders Albert Bjorkman, born 30 Aug 1890, was the son of Christina Bjorkman of Helsingborg, Skane County, Sweden. Helsingborg is in far southwestern Sweden.
On his Apr 1917 draft registration 26-year-old Albert is living at 569 Orange Street in Newark. He is employed by the Lister Chemical Works in Newark. He is tall and slender with blue eyes and brown hair.
Albert sailed for France with Company A of the 9th Machine Gun Battalion aboard the RMS Aquitania from New York City on 2 Apr 1918. His person to contact in case of emergency was his mother, Christina Bjorkman, at 17 Gustav Adolph Street in Helsingborg, Sweden.
The 9th Machine Gun Battalion was attached to the 3rd Division. By 26 Jul the 3rd Division had moved up from the Marne River to Le Charmel.
Albert is not listed in Soldiers of the Great War, Volume 2, New Jersey.
Newspapers of the day on 6 Sep 1918 listed: Wounded (Degree Undetermined): Albert A Bjorkman, Sweden.
Pfc. Albert. A. Bjorkman, AEF SN# 554606, Co A. 9th Machine Gun Battalion (Divisional), 3rd Division, AEF.
Awarded the Purple Heart Medal for actions against the enemy.
WIA while serving as an HMG Crewman with Co A. during an enemy artillery strike upon his position while in direct support of the 2nd Battalion, 38th U.S. Infantry Regiment along the south bank of the Marne River just north of the French town of Crézancy, France during The Champagne-Marne Defensive on the morning of Monday, July 15th 1918.
DoW on the afternoon of Friday, July 26th, 1918.
Upon Pfc. Bjorkman's death, Pfc. Bjorkman was initially interred at Grave #12, Plot A. Temporary American Cemetery, Contrexéville, France on the afternoon of Saturday, July 27th, 1918, and was finally reinterred at Grave #36, Row #11, Block E. at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France on the afternoon Saturday, December 3rd, 1921.
On his Apr 1917 draft registration 26-year-old Albert is living at 569 Orange Street in Newark. He is employed by the Lister Chemical Works in Newark. He is tall and slender with blue eyes and brown hair.
Albert sailed for France with Company A of the 9th Machine Gun Battalion aboard the RMS Aquitania from New York City on 2 Apr 1918. His person to contact in case of emergency was his mother, Christina Bjorkman, at 17 Gustav Adolph Street in Helsingborg, Sweden.
The 9th Machine Gun Battalion was attached to the 3rd Division. By 26 Jul the 3rd Division had moved up from the Marne River to Le Charmel.
Albert is not listed in Soldiers of the Great War, Volume 2, New Jersey.
Newspapers of the day on 6 Sep 1918 listed: Wounded (Degree Undetermined): Albert A Bjorkman, Sweden.
Pfc. Albert. A. Bjorkman, AEF SN# 554606, Co A. 9th Machine Gun Battalion (Divisional), 3rd Division, AEF.
Awarded the Purple Heart Medal for actions against the enemy.
WIA while serving as an HMG Crewman with Co A. during an enemy artillery strike upon his position while in direct support of the 2nd Battalion, 38th U.S. Infantry Regiment along the south bank of the Marne River just north of the French town of Crézancy, France during The Champagne-Marne Defensive on the morning of Monday, July 15th 1918.
DoW on the afternoon of Friday, July 26th, 1918.
Upon Pfc. Bjorkman's death, Pfc. Bjorkman was initially interred at Grave #12, Plot A. Temporary American Cemetery, Contrexéville, France on the afternoon of Saturday, July 27th, 1918, and was finally reinterred at Grave #36, Row #11, Block E. at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France on the afternoon Saturday, December 3rd, 1921.
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