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Personal info

Full name
BRASHEARS, Amos Carrol
Date of birth
21 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Billings, Christian County, Missouri
Hometown
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37632586
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 29 35

Immediate family

Members
John P. Brashears (father)
Emma J. (Fuhr) Brashears (mother)
John T. Brashears (brother)
Lillian Brashears (sister)
Otto H. Brashears (brother)
Onida V. (Smith) Brashears (wife)

More information

Pfc Amos C. Brashears was a welder and flame cutter before he enlisted in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 14 January 1944.

He was killed when the Jeep, in which he was a passenger, went into a ditch and overturned.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Brashears Kaffmann Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com – Stn 2000