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Servicemen * Br - surnames |
Harold J. Brant was born May 18, 1922 to August and Elizabeth A. Stohlmeyer Brant. He died July 23, 1944 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.
Petty Officer Brant served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Amberjack (SS-219) and was MIA/KIA when that vessel was sunk off Rabaul, probably by depth charge attack. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov; oneternalpatrol.com
Benjamin Alexander Bredehop was born Sept. 21, 1915 to Fred and Luella Forman Bredehop. He died Sept. 22, 1943 and is memorialized in Hillside Cemetery, Platteville, WI.
Lt. Bredehop served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps and died as the result of injuries sustained in an airplane accident near Tillamook Point, OR. He was on a training mission and the bodies were never recovered.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert John Breitbach was born Jan. 3, 1921 to Raymond C. and Susan Pasbach Breitbach. He died Feb. 8, 1944 and is buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Dubuque, IA.
Lt. Breitbach served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps. He died in the crash of his B-17 bomber near Crescent Ridge, south of the city of Dubuque, IA while on a routine training flight. He was a survivor of fifty World War II combat missions over North Africa and Italy.
Source: ancestry.com
Joseph L. Brimeyer was born May 8, 1924 to Hubert Ignatius and Isabel Anna Riniker Brimeyer. He died May 26, 1945 and is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West, IA.
Lt. Brimeyer served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 484th Bomb Squadron, 505th Bomb Group and was MIA/FOD/KIA while in the service of his country.
Source: ancestry.com
Reynold Joseph Brimeyer was born Apr. 19, 1920 to Felix and Anna Frances Wagner Brimeyer. He died Mar. 1, 1948 and is buried in Saint Peter and Paul Cemetery, Dubuque County, IA.
Petty Officer Brimeyer served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Lowry (DD-770).
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Lester Brooks was born Oct. 17, 1917 to Maurice E. and Gertrude M. Kreamer Brooks. He died Apr. 2, 1945 and is buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, IA.
Lt. Brooks served in World War II with the U.S. Naval Air Force and died in the Asiatic area as the result of enemy action in an air attack off of Okinawa. He was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal and Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Orville Cletus Brosky was born Sept. 22, 1909 to William F. and Cora E. Bergman Brosky. He died June 15, 1947 and is buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, IA. Sgt. Brosky served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Leo William Brown was born Sept. 13, 1917 to Rhue Sylvester and Loretta A. Seward Brown. He died Feb. 25, 1945 and is buried in Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg.
Pvt. Brown served in World War II with the U.S. Army 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division and was MIA/KIA in Germany in the service of his country. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar & Jul 2019; updated May 2020 & Feb 2024