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Personal info

Full name
BRADANINI, Louis J
Date of birth
14 February 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
North Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
North Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31407662
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 October 1944
Place of death
Near Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 12 66

Immediate family

Members
Basilio Bradanini (father)
Mary Bradanini (mother)
Santina Bradanini (sister)
Samuel Bradanini (brother)
Josephine Bradanini (sister)
Mabel R. (Tanganelli) Bradanini (wife)

More information

Pfc Louis J. Bradanini was employed at the Winchesters Repeating Company before he enlisted in New Haven, Connecticut on 10 November 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his back.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Dougherty Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Suzanne. www.ancestry,com - jpd