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Personal info

Full name
BREMNER, Ronald
Date of birth
22 February 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36598056
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
271st Infantry Regiment,
69th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 April 1945
Place of death
Starsiedel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 2 20

Immediate family

Members
Walter Rolls (stepfather)
Elizabeth Bremner (mother)

More information

Pfc Ronald Bremner was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery Breuna #1. He was disinterred and evacuated to Margraten where he was reburied in a temproary grave on 26 July 1945. He was again disinterred on 7 September 1948 and his remains were prepared and placed in a casket on 8 September 1948. He was given his final resting place on 14 December 1948.

He was killed by shrapnel in the right shoulder.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Fred, Royal Oak Public Library