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Personal info

Full name
BRANAE, Harold C
Date of birth
27 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Glenwood, Pope County, Minnesota
Hometown
Glenwood, Pope County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
O1317879
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 March 1945
Place of death
North of Kattenes, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 13 35

Immediate family

Members
Anton P. Branae (father)
Clara O. (Rosten) Branae (mother)
Elsie P. Branae (sister)
Anton C. S. Branae (brother)
Arthur P. Branae (brother)
Margaret Branae (sister)
Darelyn A. (Reed) Branae (wife)

More information

1st Lt Harold C. Branae was awarded the Silver Star Medal for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy on
2 September 1944.

He is remembered at the Glenwood Lutheran Cemetery in Glenwood, Pope County, Minnesota.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Norgren Tree, www.findagrave.com - Kevin Thompson, www.newspapers.com - Lincoln Journal Star - 29 July 1944

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Dunphy John Jr, www.findagrave.com - Kevin Thompson