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Personal info

Full name
BRUNS, Norbert William
Date of birth
16 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Melrose, Stearns County, Minnesota
Hometown
Milwood, Stearns County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37585697
Rank
Corporal
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
Kehmen, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 13 10

Immediate family

Members
Lambert A. Bruns (father)
Mary A. (Zimmermann) Bruns (mother)
Alfred P. Bruns (brother)
Marian Bruns (sister)
Evelyn Bruns (sister)
Mary A. Bruns (sister)
Ernest J. Bruns (brother)

More information

Cpl Norbert W. Bruns enlisted on 17 December 1942.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously. The citation cited: On 25 December 1944, in the attack on Kehmen, Luxembourg, Cpl Bruns, by skillfully using rifle grenades, neutralized enemy strong points and personally captured an enemy machine gunner who had been delaying the attack. On the following day Cpl Bruns with rifle grenades destroyed two enemy machine gun positions and alone assaulted and destroyed another gun and crew.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Minnesota Birth Index / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Haws Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com