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Personal info

Full name
BRADSHAW, Fred Jr
Date of birth
14 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Todd County, Kentucky
Hometown
Logan County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35711299
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
Nuremberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 47 25

Immediate family

Members
Fred Bradshaw (father)
Allie R. (Sisk) Bradshaw (mother)
Arthur Bradshaw (brother)
Chas W. Bradshaw (brother)
Frances Bradshaw (sister)
James Bradshaw (brother)
Franklin Bradshaw (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Fred Bradshaw Jr. graduated from Olmstead High School and was a farmer.

He enlisted on 30 November 1942 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.

S/Sgt Bradshaw was taken prisoner in the vicinity of Krinkelt, Belgium on 17 December 1944 and died at Stalag XIII-B in Nuremberg, Germany.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – Kentucky Birth Index / 1930/1940 Census / World War II Army Enlistment Records / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records, A pictorial account of the 393rd Infantry Regiment in combat
Photo source: News Democrat and Leader - 7 June 1945