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Personal info

Full name
BRAUSS, Linwood Milton
Date of birth
6 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Sanatoga, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33481509
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
61st Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Near Berdorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 11 27

Immediate family

Members
Norman Y. Brauss (father)
Rose A. (Feyer) Brauss (mother)
Helen M. Brauss (sister)
Dorothy L. Brauss (sister)
Ruth E. Brauss (sister)
Douglas O. Brauss (brother)
Agnes A. Brauss (sister)
Bernice C. Brauss (sister)
Barbara G. Brauss (sister)

More information

Sgt Linwood M. Brauss enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 9 November 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Faust Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Joel Frampton Gilbert