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Personal info

Full name
BRUFFY, Hedrick Eugene
Date of birth
28 June 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia
Hometown
Washington, Rappahannock County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
13069510
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Near Noville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 1 6

Immediate family

Members
Hughie C. Bruffy (father)
Sallie M. (King) Bruffy (mother)
Clarence R. Bruffy (brother)

More information

Pvt Hedrick E. Bruffy volunteered for the Army of the United States in Washington, District of Columbia on 7 March 1942. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

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 / Virginia Birth Records, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Evening Star - 5 March 1945