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Personal info

Full name
BRADSHAW, John W
Date of birth
25 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
Hometown
McPherson, McPherson County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37537113
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
415th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 February 1945
Place of death
Ellen, Niederzier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 6 16

Immediate family

Members
Merrill C. Bradshaw (father)
Josephine A. (Chase) Bradshaw (mother)
Mary J. Bradshaw (sister)
Madalene Bradshaw (sister)
William Bradshaw (brother)

More information

Pfc John W. Bradshaw enlisted at in McPherson, Kansas in July 1943.

He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Henri-Chapelle on 27 February 1945. He was disinterred on 20 November 1947 and his remains were prepared and placed in a casket on 4 December 1947. He was given his final resting place on 20 August 1948.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Joeri Op de Beeck, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Utah Military Records, U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet