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Personal info

Full name
BRIGHTWELL, Eugene Jr
Date of birth
19 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Dupont, Jefferson County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35706495
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Near Frémonville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 16 9

Immediate family

Members
Eugene A. Brightwell (father)
Ella V. (Bell ) Brightwell (mother)
Stanley L. Brightwell (brother)
Charles E. Brightwell (brother)
Herbert Brightwell (Brother)
Jack Brightwell (brother)
Joseph Brightwell (brother)
Robert B. Brightwell (brother)

More information

Pvt Eugene Brightwell Jr. attended high school for one year and was employed at the Tanell Construction Company before he enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 21 July 1943. He was overseas for just one month when he was killed.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his buttock and hip.

His brother Charles served in Italy.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 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 / Brightwell Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - The Courier-Journal, www.ancestry.com - John Brightwell