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Personal info

Full name
BROTHERS, Carl J
Date of birth
19 February 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Simpson, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Carbondale, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
32918986
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Immendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 20 4

Immediate family

Members
Jan Brataniec/John Brothers (father)
Mary (Ambicki) Brothers (mother)
Anna Brothers (sister)
Josephine Brothers (sister)
Stanley Brothers (brother)
Nellie Brothers (sister)
Mary Brothers (sister)
William Brother (brother)
Lucy Brothers (sister)
Dorothy A. (Connor) Brothers (wife)

More information

Pfc Carl J. Brothers worked in a machine shop before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 29 April 1943.

He was married to Dorothy Ann Connor on 28 November 1940.

His original family name is 'Brataniec'.

Note: In the ABMC database, the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment is incorrectly listed as the 41st Infantry Battalion

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov,
http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report CCA, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Pennsylvania, WWI Veteran Service and Compensation Files, 1917-1919, 1934-1948

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred