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Personal info

Full name
BRANAMAN, Tillman Fay
Date of birth
17 April 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Nickerson, Reno County, Kansas
Hometown
Stafford, Stafford County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37745297
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
44th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
Near Kalborn, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 5 1

Immediate family

Members
Earl R. Branaman (father)
Pearl M. Branaman (mother)
Linn H. Branaman (brother)

More information

Pvt Tillman F. Branaman attended high school for four years before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 7 June 1944.

He is also remembered at the Hazen Cemetery in Sylvia, Reno County, Kansas.

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 / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman / R & S, www.super6th.org
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Stafford Kansas, www.findagrave.com - Phillip H. Pitzer