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Personal info

Full name
BONEBRAKE, Otis Edwin
Date of birth
7 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas
Hometown
Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
O1318408
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Company Commander
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 January 1945
Place of death
Near Wissembourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Bonebrake (father)
Mabel C. (Driscoll ) Bonebrake (mother)
Bernice I. Bonebrake (sister)
Buford E. Bonebrake (brother)
Charles E. Bonebrake (brother)
Rex L. Bonebrake (brother)
Annette M. (Odette) Bonebrake (wife)
Robert O. Bonebrake (son)

More information

1st Lt Otis E. Bonebrake was employed at the Kansas State Highway Commission before he enlisted.

He was fatally wounded to the head by enemy gunfire and died at a German medical aid station.

His brother Buford E. Bonebrake was a fireman on the USS Arizona and was killed on 7 December 1941 during the attack on Pearl Harbor and is entombed on the ship. His name is listed on the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Cook Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - R & S / Phil Jackson
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - R & S, www.ancestry.com - Chris Hyland