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Personal info

Full name
BROBST, Charles William
Date of birth
30 August 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Sunbury, Northumberland County
Hometown
Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33236473
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Steinach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 16 18

Immediate family

Members
John M. Brobst (father)
Anna M. (Rumbach) Brobst (mother)
Elwood C. Brobst (brother)
Harry J. Brobst (brother)
Herbert Brobst (brother)
John E. Brobst (brother)

More information

Cpl Charles W. Brobst attended high school for four years and was a mechanic.

He enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 21 July 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the abdomen, pelvis and back.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
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