Albert Wilhelm Bonnick

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  • Name: Albert Wilhelm Bonnick
  • Location of Birth: Middleville Township, Wright County, Minnesota
  • Date of Birth: July 31, 1910
  • Date of Death: August 19, 1994 (84 years old)
  • Parents: Charles Bonnick and Emma (Melinksy) Bonnick
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  • Highest Rank: CPL (Corporal)
  • Branch: Army
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  • Date Sworn In: January 1, 1942 (Enlistment Date)
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  • Date of Discharge: October 11, 1945 (Discharge Date)
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  • Military Highlights:
    Information in the United States, World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947:
    Name: Albert Wilhelm Bonnick
    Gender: Male
    Race: White
    Age: 30
    Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
    Birth Date: July 31, 1910
    Birth Place: Wright, Minnesota, USA
    Residence Place: Annandale, Wright, Minnesota, USA
    Registration Date: October 16, 1940
    Registration Place: Annandale, Wright, Minnesota, USA
    Employer: Self
    Height: 5' 10"
    Weight: 170
    Complexion: Light
    Hair Color: Blonde
    Eye Color: Blue
    Next of Kin: Emma Bonnick (mother)

  • Wars Involved:
    World War II

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  • Civilian Life:
    Albert was a long time employee of the Tioga Iron Ore Mine. He was a member of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Buffalo, Minnesota, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1720, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, and a former member of the First Lutheran Church, Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

    Preceded in death by his wife, Sylvia in 1992, a brother Arthur, and a sister Esther Uecker; he is survived by two sons, Gerald Cook and H. Dale Cook; two daughters, Connie Matthew and Donna Barse; two sisters, Minnie Uecker and Mabel Mistelske; thirteen grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren.

    Buried in Itasca Calvary Cemetery at Grand Rapids, Minnesota. (Plot I-G-23-2-5)

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