Name:
Alvin Bershad
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
Unit:
4th Tank Battalion, 1st Armored Division
Date of Death:
1945-04-24
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Alvin Bersad was born on March 25, 1926 and was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.. He served in the 4th Tank Battalion, Combat Command B of the 1st Armored Division. He fell on April 24, 1945 while liberating the town of Cadelbosco di Sopra. A memorial park in the town remembers his sacrifice. He was just 19 years old.