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Personal info

Full name
BRAY, Ben Lee
Date of birth
1 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Portales, Roosevelt County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38581429
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 February 1945
Place of death
Oberhoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 26 55

Immediate family

Members
William R. Bray (father)
Mollie M. (Ash) Bray (mother)
Joseph A. Bray (brother)
Pearl L. Bray (sister)
Ruby Bray (sister)
Goldie F. Bray (sister)
William A. Bray (brother)
Charles L. Smith (half-brother)
Liddy M. Smith (half-sister)
June R. Smith (half-sister)
Margie L. (Pierce) Bray (wife)

More information

Pfc Ben L. Bray enlisted at Fort Bliss, Texas on 5 June 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / 1910/1920/1940 Census, 142ndaar-.pdf, https://36-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight "Andy" Anderson, www.ancestry.com - Sharon Bailey