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Personal info

Full name
BREHM, William Washington
Date of birth
22 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvnia
Hometown
Oneida, Madison County, New York

Military service

Service number
42094510
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Near Morhange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 4 59

Immediate family

Members
Arthur F. Brehm (father)
Hannah M. Brehm (mother)

More information

Pvt William W. Brehm enlisted in Syracuse, New York on 7 March 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his leg.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Englistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
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