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Personal info

Full name
BRAY, Robert A
Date of birth
12 April 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Neodesha Township, Wilson County, Kansas
Hometown
Neodesha Township, Wilson County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
17002023
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
25th Armored Engineer Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart,
Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palm

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 February 1945
Place of death
Wardin, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 9 52

Immediate family

Members
Jesse E. Bray (father)
Verna M. (Boyd) Bray (mother)
Harold J. Bray (brother)
Madge L. Bray (sister)
Eva L. Bray (sister)
Mary B. Bray (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Robert A. Bray attended high school for 4 years. He joined the Regular Army on 8 July 1940 at Fort Riley, Kansas.

He was decapitated.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Foy, Belgium on 7 February 1945. On 2 September 1948, he was disinterred and his remains were prepared and placed in a transfer box on 14 September 1948. he was brought to Henri-Chapelle where he was given his final resting place on 3 January 1949.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten,www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com , IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com Des Philippet