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Personal info

Full name
BRODIE, Victor Louis
Date of birth
20 May 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Hometown
Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California

Military service

Service number
39423459
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
20th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 March 1945
Place of death
Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 16 77

Immediate family

Members
Victor J. Brodie (father)
Myrtle V. (Sutton) Brodie (mother)
Marie E. Brodie (sister)
Gloria A. Brodie (sister)

More information

Pvt Victor L. Brodie attended high school for four years before he enlisted in San Francisco, California on 22 August 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancesty.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Tognetti working version / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - Tansithptan