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Personal info

Full name
BRUNCK, Robert Cornell
Date of birth
24 March 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Union City, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42012699
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 October 1944
Place of death
Wylerbaan, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 1 8

Immediate family

Members
Ernest H. Brunck (father)
Elsie (Braubach) Brunck (mother)
Arthur Brunck (brother)
Irvin C. Brunck (brother)
Harvey L. Brunck (brother)
Eugene Brunck (brother)
Henry R. Brunck (brother)
Edwin Brunck (brother)

More information

Pvt Robert C. Brunck enlisted on 2 September 1943.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Jasper van Haren, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.specialforcesroh.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Wayne Brunck