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Personal info

Full name
BRADY, Paul Patrick
Date of birth
30 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Carbondale, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Carbondale, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33462260
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
208th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
27 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 13 31

Immediate family

Members
Patrick Brady (father)
Emma (Grier) Brady (mother)
David Brady (brother)
Emma Brady (sister)

More information

Pfc Paul P. Brady worked in a food processing factory.

He enlisted in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on 2 February 1943. After training at Camp Breckenridge, he was sent overseas in February 1943.

He drowned.

At the time of his death, his brother David served with the U.S. Navy in the Southwest Pacific.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, WWII Draft Cards, www.newspapers.com - The Time Tribune 6 April 1945

Photo source: Fred - www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Time Tribune 6 April 1945