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Personal info

Full name
BROWNING, William Albert
Date of birth
3 March 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Flat River, St. Francois County, Missouri
Hometown
Irwin, Shelby County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37489019
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
Near Messelhausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 22 16

Immediate family

Members
John C. Browning (father)
Luella M. (Hagen) Browning (mother)
Frances J. Browning (sister)
Harold L. Browning (brother)
Charlotte M. Browning (sister)
Ardith L. Browning (sister)
Alice M. Browning (sister)
Carl W. Browning (brother)
Shirley J. Browning (sister)
Charles L. Browning (sister)
Merle L. Browning (brother)
Donald E. Browning (brother)
Ruby M. (Olson) Browning (wife)
Linda K. Browning (daughter)

More information

T/Sgt William A. Browning enlisted on 6 January 1944 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen – Company’s / 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Bovill Rommereim Schmid Urdahl Family Tree / Iowa WWII Bonus Case Files / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – Council Bluffs Nonpareil Iowa 6 May 1945

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