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Personal info

Full name
BRAASCH, Louis Joseph
Date of birth
1 May 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Raceland, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Bourg, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
34236081
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
50th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
South of Foy, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 9 7

Immediate family

Members
William Braasch (father)
Daisy (Duplantis) Braasch (mother)
Sidney A. Braasch (brother)

More information

Pfc Louis J. Braasch worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Lauderdale, Florida on 10 March 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.6tharmoreddivision.com, www.super6th.org
Photo source: Peter Schouteten