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Personal info

Full name
BROUGHTON, Christy Monroe Jr
Date of birth
13 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Centralia, Marion County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O1324823
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division,
2nd Platoon
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 October 1944
Place of death
Near Bezange-la-Petite, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 11 43

Immediate family

Members
Christy M. Broughton Sr. (father)
Corinne P. (Lind) Broughton (mother)
Mary L. Broughton (sister)
Harry L. Broughton (brother)
James B. Broughton (brother)
Grace N. Broughton (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Christy M. Broughton Jr. attended college for three years and was a business manager of The Daily Illini.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Urbana, Illinois on 15 August 1942 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Glogowski Mueth Tree, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: http://idnc.library.illinois.edu - The Daily Illini, www.findagrave.com - Jeff Hill