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Personal info

Full name
BRASHER, Preston Perry
Date of birth
11 August 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Crockett, Houston County, Texas
Hometown
Eagle Lake, Colorado County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38246205
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
Near Biersdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 5 14

Immediate family

Members
James W. Brasher (father)
Sula B. (Smith) Brasher (mother)
Charles C. Brasher (brother)
Willie M. Brasher (sister)
Ruby L. Brasher (sister)
James W. Brasher (brother)
Arnice B. Brasher (sister)
Jewel (Horn) Brasher (wife)
Patsy A. Brasher (daughter)

More information

Pvt Preston P. Brasher enlisted in Houston, Texas on 10 November 1942.

He is also remembered at the Center Hill Cemetery in Crockett, Houston County.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Warren Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - J. Collier / Shane O, http://www.coloradocountyhistory.org/obits/b/brasher.htm, http://112th-infantry.blogspot.com/
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - J. Collier