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Personal info

Full name
BRAMUCCI, Aldo
Date of birth
29 January 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Ludlow, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Hampden County, Massachusetts
Ethnicity
White

Military service

Service number
31346713
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 April 1945
Place of death
Near Schierke, Harz Mountains, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 21 11

Immediate family

Members
Charles Bramucci (father)
Alvida Bramucci (mother)
Richard Bramucci (brother)
Ernest Bramucci (brother)
Angelo Bramucci (brother)
Anita Bramucci (sister)

More information

Pfc Aldo Bramucci was a chauffeur before he enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 12 May 1943.

He participated in the landing on D-Day on Omaha Beach.

He was killed when he was caught in a German artillery barrage while returning to the front after helping to evacuate wounded comrades.

His older brother, Pfc Ernest Bramucci, who met up with Aldo in a field hospital, where both were being treated for wounds, wrote this eulogy: "I don't believe there is another man who deserves credit for a braver soldier than he was. He was wounded twice, and the third time was enough".

Source of information: Roberta Cyr "Remembering World War II", Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Roberta Cyr "Remembering World War II", Peter Schouteten

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