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Personal info

Full name
BREAU, Hormidas Joseph
Date of birth
31 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Cocayne, New Brunswick, Canada
Hometown
Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
20112590
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rioz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 12 50

Immediate family

Members
Frederick Breau (father)
Délphine Breau (mother)
Emile Breau (brother)
Felix Breau (brother)
Simon Breau (brother)
Bella Breau (sister)
Mary Breau (sister)
Laudia Breau (sister)
Marie L. (Robichard) Breau (wife)

More information

Sgt Hormidas J. Breau was a woodworker before he joined the National Guard in Fitchburg, Massachusetts on 16 January 1941.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously for gallantry in action on 5 September 1944 during the attack on Besançon. When his platoon was surrounded by German machine guns, self propelled guns and riflemen, Sergeant Breau killed four enemy machine gunners, silencing their weapons and opening a route which enabled him to lead his platoon back to the company and safety.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men /U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Thierry