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Personal info

Full name
BRACE, Harold Minor
Date of birth
16 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31214494
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
397th Infantry Regiment,
100th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 37 37

Immediate family

Members
Harry M. Brace (father)
Edna B. (Smith) Brace (mother)
Ruth Brace (sister)
Kenneth Brace (brother)

More information

Pfc Harold M. Brace was employed at the Lee Lime Corporation before he enlisted on 27 November 1942.

He died from wounds received in action in POW Camp in Germany. This was reported by the German government through the International Red Cross.

Source of information: Yannick, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record / World War II Prisoners of War / Massachusetts Town and Vital Records / Massachusetts Birth Index / U.S. City Directories / 1930/1940 Census, www.newspapers.com – The Berkshire Eagle 8 December 1942 + 18 April 1945, ‘Regiment of the Century: The Story of the 397th Infantry Regiment’
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