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Personal info

Full name
BRANIC, Kelly R
Date of birth
1909
Age
unknown
Place of birth
District 2, Marion County, Kentucky
Hometown
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36040399
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 7 43

Immediate family

Members
James H. Branic (father)
Julia M. (Burchell) Branic (mother)
Edgar Branic (brother)
W.H. Arvel Branic (brother)
Joseph L. Branic (half brother)
Frances Branic (wife)

More information

Pfc Kelly Branic was a railroad clerk before he joined the Regular Army in Chicago, Illinois on 30 June 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Champigneul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Nichols Gray Family Tree / 1910/1930/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy