*last update 6/27/2020

Military Involvement

 

Servicemen - B surnames KIA POW DNB Pic/s
Block, Alvin William        
Bockholt, LuVerne M. X      
Boddicker, Robert John X      
Bracy, Kenneth Earl        
Brody, William N.        
Brubaker, Russell Walter X      
Bryant, Harold C.       X
Burrows, Richard Walters        
Byam, Harold Dale X      

James Harley Benda was born Nov 25, 1917 to James and Martha Benda. He died June 1, 1946 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Prairie du Chien, WI.

Petty Officer Benda served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.

Source: ancestry.com


Victor Dean Birch was born Sept. 29, 1924 to Joseph Edwin and Beulah Evelyn Jones Birch. He died July 17, 1944 and is buried in Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France.

Pvt. Birch served in World War II with the U.S. Army 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division and was MIA/KIA in France. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Source: ancestry.com


Richard Kenneth Brubaker was born Mar. 15, 1917 to Thuel Allen and Lillian Amos Johnson Brubaker. He died Sept. 18, 1944 and is memorialized in Ranstead Cemetery, Luzerne, IA and at the Tablets of the Missing, Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg.

Warrant Officer JG Brubaker served in World War II with the U.S. Army 22nd Engineer Battalion, 5th Armored Division. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov



ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Aug 2019; updated Jun 2020

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