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Personal info

Full name
HANDEYSIDE, Bruce Raymo
Date of birth
5 November 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
Hometown
Wayne, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
O-1166734
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
420th Armored Field Artillery Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 13 91

Immediate family

Members
Charles A. Handeyside (father)
Mildred R. (Raymo) Handeyside (mother)
Owen Handeyside (brother)
Virginia Handeyside (sister)

More information

1st Lt Bruce R. Handeyside attended college for four years and was a bookkeeper and cashier before he enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 14 June 1941.

He is remembered at the Glenwood Cemetery in Wayne, Wayne County, Michigan

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, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com – Marilyn Miller

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Gen Gal