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Personal info

Full name
BRAUER, Raymond Jennings
Date of birth
20 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
Hometown
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36905460
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
Near Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 5 12

Immediate family

Members
William J. Brauer (father)
Alice (Westpahl) Brauer (mother)
Dorothy P. Brauer (sister)
Shirley L. (Nordgren) Brauer (wife)
Shera L. Brauer (daughter)

More information

Pfc Raymond J. Brauer entered the army on 19 July 1944.

He attended Lincoln Junior High School and Rockford High School before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Dieckbernd Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com - Lou Member
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