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Bernard H. Galbraith

Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps

02439727

4th Marine Division

Entered the Service from: New Jersey
Died: February 19, 1945
Buried at: Plot F 1808
Beverly National Cemetery
Beverly, New Jersey

Awards: Purple Heart

Before entering the Marines, Bernard Galbraith worked for the R.M. Hollingshead Corporation in Camden NJ. He is memorialized along with eleven of his co-workers on a monument that now is situated at Newton Creek Park, in Westmont NJ. To visit the web page for this monument, click here. He is also remembered in a newspaper article that can be read by clicking here.

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS BERNARD H. GALBRAITH of Central avenue, in Blackwood, Gloucester Township NJ, had worked for the R.M. Hollingshead Corporation in Camden NJ prior to entering the United States Marine Corps.

Bernard H Galbraith

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Marine Corps

HOMETOWN
Blackwood, NJ

HONORED BY
Mr. William E. Galbraith, Brother

ACTIVITY DURING WWII
TINIAN ISLANDS-WOUNDED ON SAIPAN. KILLED ON IWO JIMA-FIRST WAVE 2/19/45.