PFC Bernard Afton Christensen (1920-1945)

PFC Bernard Afton Christensen Veteran

Birth

15 Oct 1920

Hiawatha, Carbon County, Utah, USA

Death

14 Jun 1945 (aged 24)

Okinawa, Japan

Burial

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Add to Map

Plot

E, 566

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US MARINE CORPS WWII

Son of Lester and Florence Editha Bishop Christensen. Married Carmelia? of Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Bernard was one of the Marines killed on Okinawa during WWII. He recieved the Purple Heart.

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Utah.

Family Members

Parents

Lester Christensen

1885–1966
Florence Editha Bishop Christensen

1886–1942

Siblings

Kenneth Lester Christensen

1905–1909
LeRoy Robert Christensen

1907–1908
Phyllis Elizabeth Christensen Brinley

1909–1997
Doyle A Christensen

1911–1929
Leona Alvina "Noni" Christensen Lemon

1913–1994
Thernell Don Christensen

1915–1987
Bernice Clair Christensen Bushnell

1918–1998
Wendell Harris Christensen

1923–1995
Wanda Mae "Bonnie" Christensen Monk

1925–1996

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Utah, U.S., Birth Registers, 1892-1944
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S., National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl), 1941-2011
1930 United States Federal Census
U.S., World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962

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Lester Christensen

Florence Editha Bishop Christensen

Kenneth Lester Christensen

LeRoy Robert Christensen

Phyllis Elizabeth Christensen Brinley

Doyle A Christensen

Leona Alvina "Noni" Christensen Lemon

Thernell Don Christensen

Bernice Clair Christensen Bushnell

Wendell Harris Christensen

Wanda Mae "Bonnie" Christensen Monk

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