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Personal info

Full name
BRADLEY, William Orland
Date of birth
3 January 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Johnson County, Indiana
Hometown
Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
20537129
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kruchten-Hommerdingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 1 56

Immediate family

Members
Byron Bradley (father)
Myrtle N. (Wagaman) Bradley (mother)
Ruth Bradley (sister)
Alma Bradley (sister)

More information

Pfc William O. Bradley worked in a WPA project before he joined the National Guard in Franklin, Indiana on 17 January 1941.

He was killed by debris that hit his head.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Shulke Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery