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BOOKER, Bruce Harlor - Date of
birth
5 December 1917 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut -
Hometown
Naugatuck, New Haven County, Connecticut
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-1301933 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
30 September 1944 - Place of
death
The Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| M | 14 | 4 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Alfred J. Booker (father)
Lida (May) Booker (mother)
Lisle B. Booker (sister)
Alvaretta M. Booker (sister)
More information
Bruce Booker attended Teachers College of Connecticut in New Britain, Connecticut.1st Lt Bruce H. Booker first served in the Southwest Pacific with a National Guard unit in January 1942. He returned tot he United States after several months in that theater of war to enter Officers Candidate School, where he was commissioned, and sent to the European theater of operations.
He participated in the D-Day landings during which he was wounded on the first day by shrapnel from shellfire and in a letter to his parents, he stated that over 200 shell fragments had lodged in his body. He was hospitalized for several weeks in England and Wales. He rejoined his unit later in the summer, after recovering from the wounds.
1st Lt Booker was initially buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, The Netherlands.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.findagrave.com - Kathy, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, www.newspaperarchive.com - Naugatuck Daily News
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Frank Tompkins, www.ancestry.com - Teachers College of Connecticut Yearbook 1940