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Personal info

Full name
BRANDON, Henry Vernon
Date of birth
28 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
Hometown
Mack, Mesa County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37344619
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
253rd Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
Near Güdingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 36 35

Immediate family

Members
James H. Brandon (father)
Emma J. Brandon (mother)
Emmett R. Brandon (brother)

More information

Pvt Henry V. Brandon attended high school for four years and worked on a farm before he enlisted in Denver, Colorado on 14 April 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Brandon Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.63rdinfdiv.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy