John Henry Bergstrom, Jr. was born on March 4, 1915, at Willard, Montana, to John and Ida Bergstrom. He grew up in Baker, Montana, attending country schools and Baker High School, where he was graduated in 1936. John was interested in sports, especially Golden Gloves boxing. Brother Roy Bergstrom remembers John's reputation for "three first round KO's." He also enjoyed horses, farming, and bowling. John came to Lead, South Dakota, as an employee of Montana-Dakota Utility Gas Company. John was "friendly and helpful to all, mechanically minded, industrious, and honest."
John Bergstrom entered active duty on February 16, 1942, at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Roy said that John volunteered shortly after Pearl Harbor and was trained at Little Rock, Arkansas, and at Texas, where he trained other recruits. He came up through the ranks: Private, PFC, Corporal, and Sergeant. On April 8, 1944, at Little Rock, John married Betty Sue Fitzbugh. Sergeant Bergstrom was sent overseas to the European theater on May 2, 1944, because he "insisted on going to Europe, landing at Utah Beach on June 6, 1944."
Sergeant John Bergstrom battled his way to Paris, France, and then into Germany, where he was killed in a "bloody fight" in the Huertgen Forest on December 3, 1944.
He was part of Company K, 22 Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. Bergstrom was awarded "several Purple Hearts and one Silver Star."
John Bergstrom died before his daughter, Sheila Jan, was born on December 29, 1944. After the war, John's body was returned to the United States for reburial.
This research was done respectfully by Sheila Hansen, Fallen Sons State Coordinator, Spearfish, SD. Information for this entry was provided by an application for a SD veteran's bonus payment, Service Record: Lead and Community, and Roy Bergstrom, Belgrade, Montana, brother of Sgt. John Bergstrom.
This record was added respectfully by Jerry Gowins Jr. in memory of all American soldiers so horrorbly forgotten by their countrymen who assume freedom comes as no cost. We are free because of men like this.
John Bergstrom entered active duty on February 16, 1942, at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Roy said that John volunteered shortly after Pearl Harbor and was trained at Little Rock, Arkansas, and at Texas, where he trained other recruits. He came up through the ranks: Private, PFC, Corporal, and Sergeant. On April 8, 1944, at Little Rock, John married Betty Sue Fitzbugh. Sergeant Bergstrom was sent overseas to the European theater on May 2, 1944, because he "insisted on going to Europe, landing at Utah Beach on June 6, 1944."
Sergeant John Bergstrom battled his way to Paris, France, and then into Germany, where he was killed in a "bloody fight" in the Huertgen Forest on December 3, 1944.
He was part of Company K, 22 Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. Bergstrom was awarded "several Purple Hearts and one Silver Star."
John Bergstrom died before his daughter, Sheila Jan, was born on December 29, 1944. After the war, John's body was returned to the United States for reburial.
This research was done respectfully by Sheila Hansen, Fallen Sons State Coordinator, Spearfish, SD. Information for this entry was provided by an application for a SD veteran's bonus payment, Service Record: Lead and Community, and Roy Bergstrom, Belgrade, Montana, brother of Sgt. John Bergstrom.
This record was added respectfully by Jerry Gowins Jr. in memory of all American soldiers so horrorbly forgotten by their countrymen who assume freedom comes as no cost. We are free because of men like this.
John Henry Bergstrom, Jr. was born on March 4, 1915, at Willard, Montana, to John and Ida Bergstrom. He grew up in Baker, Montana, attending country schools and Baker High School, where he was graduated in 1936. John was interested in sports, especially Golden Gloves boxing. Brother Roy Bergstrom remembers John's reputation for "three first round KO's." He also enjoyed horses, farming, and bowling. John came to Lead, South Dakota, as an employee of Montana-Dakota Utility Gas Company. John was "friendly and helpful to all, mechanically minded, industrious, and honest."
John Bergstrom entered active duty on February 16, 1942, at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Roy said that John volunteered shortly after Pearl Harbor and was trained at Little Rock, Arkansas, and at Texas, where he trained other recruits. He came up through the ranks: Private, PFC, Corporal, and Sergeant. On April 8, 1944, at Little Rock, John married Betty Sue Fitzbugh. Sergeant Bergstrom was sent overseas to the European theater on May 2, 1944, because he "insisted on going to Europe, landing at Utah Beach on June 6, 1944."
Sergeant John Bergstrom battled his way to Paris, France, and then into Germany, where he was killed in a "bloody fight" in the Huertgen Forest on December 3, 1944.
He was part of Company K, 22 Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. Bergstrom was awarded "several Purple Hearts and one Silver Star."
John Bergstrom died before his daughter, Sheila Jan, was born on December 29, 1944. After the war, John's body was returned to the United States for reburial.
This research was done respectfully by Sheila Hansen, Fallen Sons State Coordinator, Spearfish, SD. Information for this entry was provided by an application for a SD veteran's bonus payment, Service Record: Lead and Community, and Roy Bergstrom, Belgrade, Montana, brother of Sgt. John Bergstrom.
This record was added respectfully by Jerry Gowins Jr. in memory of all American soldiers so horrorbly forgotten by their countrymen who assume freedom comes as no cost. We are free because of men like this.
John Bergstrom entered active duty on February 16, 1942, at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Roy said that John volunteered shortly after Pearl Harbor and was trained at Little Rock, Arkansas, and at Texas, where he trained other recruits. He came up through the ranks: Private, PFC, Corporal, and Sergeant. On April 8, 1944, at Little Rock, John married Betty Sue Fitzbugh. Sergeant Bergstrom was sent overseas to the European theater on May 2, 1944, because he "insisted on going to Europe, landing at Utah Beach on June 6, 1944."
Sergeant John Bergstrom battled his way to Paris, France, and then into Germany, where he was killed in a "bloody fight" in the Huertgen Forest on December 3, 1944.
He was part of Company K, 22 Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. Bergstrom was awarded "several Purple Hearts and one Silver Star."
John Bergstrom died before his daughter, Sheila Jan, was born on December 29, 1944. After the war, John's body was returned to the United States for reburial.
This research was done respectfully by Sheila Hansen, Fallen Sons State Coordinator, Spearfish, SD. Information for this entry was provided by an application for a SD veteran's bonus payment, Service Record: Lead and Community, and Roy Bergstrom, Belgrade, Montana, brother of Sgt. John Bergstrom.
This record was added respectfully by Jerry Gowins Jr. in memory of all American soldiers so horrorbly forgotten by their countrymen who assume freedom comes as no cost. We are free because of men like this.
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