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Personal info

Full name
BRANSCUM, William Claude
Date of birth
16 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Timbo, Stone County, Arkansas
Hometown
Ventura, Ventura County, California

Military service

Service number
39527030
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Medical Detachment,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
Dinslaken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 18 21

Immediate family

Members
Martin W. W. Branscum (father)
Sarah E. (Taylor) Branscum (mother)
Gurtha I. Branscum (sister)
Eva M. Branscum (sister)
Owen W. Branscum (brother)
Henry E. Branscum (brother)

More information

Pfc William C. Branscum attended high school for 1 year and worked on a farm. He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 14 July 1942.

He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Margraten on 29 March 1945. He was disinterred on 27 July 1948 end his remains were prepared and placed in a casket on 29 July 1948. He was given his final resting place on 18 February 1949.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, www.coulthart.com/134, IDPF

Photo source: www.ancestry.com, www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet