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Personal info

Full name
BROCKE, Raymond L
Date of birth
28 December 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Clifton Springs, Ontario County, New York
Hometown
Wayne County, New York

Military service

Service number
32844627
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
194th Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 13 4

Immediate family

Members
Edward Brocke (father)
Clemency (Verstraste) Brocke (mother)
Margaret Brocke (sister)
Clara Brocke (sister)
Sylvia Brocke (sister)
Helen Brocke (sister)
Alice Brocke (sister)
Clark Brocke (brother)
Julius Brocke (brother)

More information

Pfc Raymond L. Brocke graduated from Newark High School New York in 1942 and attended the Rochester Business Institute.

He enlisted in Rochester, New York on 5 April 1943.

He died of wounds sustained on 7 January 1945.

Pfc Brocke was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Edwin G. Lewis, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org