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Personal info

Full name
BROBECK, Leroy
Date of birth
18 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Hawkins County, Tennessee
Hometown
Hawkins County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34889586
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
Philippsbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 25 18

Immediate family

Members
Carl S. Brobeck (father)
Aubra E. (Looney) Brobeck (mother)
William L. Brobeck (brother)
Sara E. Brobeck (sister)
Harold W. Brobeck (brother)

More information

Pvt Leroy Brobeck worked on a farm before he enlisted in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, on 23 November 1943.

He was seriously wounded on 30 October 1944 in France and was hospitalized. He returned to duty on 31 December 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Edwards Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org, Rogersville Review - 15 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Astrid