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Personal info

Full name
BRESCOACH, Louie
Date of birth
28 March 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
South Bethlehem, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Logan County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
13042318
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 May 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kulsam, Czechoslovakia

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 22 35

Immediate family

Members
Louis Brescoach (father)
Rosa F. Brescoach (mother)

More information

Pvt Louie Brescoach was a bellman before he joined the Regular Army in Washington, District of Columbia on 19 August 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.16thinfassn.org

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