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Personal info

Full name
BRANSKI, Richard J
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
16091738
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Battery,
376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
Groesbeek, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 6 1

Immediate family

Members
John Branski (father)
Helen Branski (mother)
Clemence Branski (brother)
Leonard Branski (brother)
Sylvia Branski (sister)
Doloris Branski (sister)
Alice Branski (sister)
Virginia Branski (sister)

More information

Pvt Richard J. Branski enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 20 May 1942.

He was killed by bomb, dropped by a Me 262.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, the Netherlands on 10 June 1948.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, WWII Memorial, Market Garden, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census

Photo source: Maureen Miscikowski (niece)