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BRONSON, Lindley - Date of
birth
30 March 1917 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut -
Hometown
Litchfield County, Connecticut
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
31472425 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
14 March 1945 - Place of
death
Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 10 | 28 |
Immediate family
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Members
Bennet Bronson (father)
Eleanor C. (Lindley) Bronson (mother)
David B. Bronson (brother)
Edith T. Bronson (sister)
Margaret L. (Scholle) Bronson (wife)
Bennet Bronson (son)
Elizabeth Bronson (daughter)
Roderick Bronson (son)
More information
Pvt Lindley Bronson enlisted in Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 30 June 1944.In 1937, Bronson left Yale, married, and began work in the Oakville Division of the Scoville Manufacturing Company. He started as an apprentice tool maker and in the course of the next three years was also a tool setter, a blacksmith and a printer. Having learned how the factory ran, in 1940 he entered the company's office as a clerk and again did many kinds of work, including the handling of priorities in the first years of the war. At the time he enlisted, Bronson was production manager of his company. Meantime, he had also become greatly interested in farming. He bought a 35-acre farm in 1940 and on it produced the greater part of his family's food.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Diane Gravlee
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Albq Firefly