| Force | Army, Armoured | 4th Canadian Armoured Division |
| Service Number | M/10657 (Former Calgary Highlanders) |
| Rank | Lance Sergeant |
| Engagement | 1939-09-07 | Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada |
| T.O.S. this Regiment | 1940-06-18 |
| Overseas | 1942-05-02 | United Kingdom |
| Disembarked | 1944-07-21 | France |
| Date of Death | 1944-09-12 | Belgium |
| Died | Killed in action |
| Records | Study the full service records |
| Birthdate | 1921-07-20 |
| Birthplace | Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Age | 23 |
| Parents | Son of John and Martha Jane PALFENIER Brother William John Albert 'Bill', Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, Overseas. Brother Alvin Herman M/10648, Calgary Highlanders *Original*. Killed in action on August 13, 1944 in France. Now buried in Bretteville-sur-Laize, France Plot 12, Row H, Grave 15. The Calgary Highlanders war diary: An RAP jeep taking Sgt. Alvin Palfenier to hospital with a very bad head wound took a wrong turn and ended up in Hun (German) lines. Palfenier and a medical orderly were taken prisoner and the driver managed to escape from his guard, and told us the story. |
| Religion | United Church of Canada |
| Occupation | Student |
Plot 7 | Row F | Grave 3
" HE HATH DONE WHAT HE COULD. WHEN THE MORNING DAWNS WE WILL MEET AGAIN "
Medals
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Service Volunteer Medal (with Clasp), 1939-45 War Medal
War Diary
Adopted Grave
Unknown
Temporary Burial
Coordinates Temporary Burial
51.173185561784,3.2616395933755
Photos
Credits
Portrait and photos: Canadian Virtual War Memorial.
Photograph temporary burial: Eeklo Archive, Belgium.
Info from War Diary and Service Records: LAC (Library Archive Canada).
Photographs Regimental and Division patch: JM-Militaria.
Photograph headstone: Michael van de Velde.
