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Personal info

Full name
BRAINERD, Wallace O
Date of birth
11 November 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36964680
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
Jüngersdorf-Merode, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 8 33

Immediate family

Members
William H. Brainerd (father)
Bessie M. (Philipps) Brainerd (mother)
Robert P. Brainerd (brother)
Viola Brainerd (sister)
Belle B. Brainerd (wife)

More information

Pvt. Brainerd graduated from Liberty Center High School in 1932 where he was a member of the basketball team.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, National WWII Memorial, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html, www.ancestry.com - Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915 / 1930/ 1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, Porter County GenWeb

Photo source: Peter Schouteten