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Personal info

Full name
BRAGG, Robert Elmer
Date of birth
23 February 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Asher, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Kilgore, Gregg County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38098870
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 November 1944
Place of death
Kerling-lès-Sierck, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 104

Immediate family

Members
Robert E. L. Bragg (father)
Nellie M. (Baldwin) Bragg (mother)
Abbie D. Bragg (sister)
Eunice I. Bragg (sister)
Amos W. Bragg (brother)
Evan B. Bragg (brother)
George A. Bragg (brother)
Mabel F. Bragg (sister)

More information

Pfc Robert E. Bragg was a tinsmith before he enlisted in Camp Wolters, Texas on 12 March 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Drake Family Tree / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com

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