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Personal info

Full name
BROMLEY, David Bruce
Date of birth
5 June 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Ogden, Monroe County, New York
Hometown
Spencerport, Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
42026754
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
54th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 14 20

Immediate family

Members
Charles D. Bromley (father)
Clarisse (Forest) Bromley (mother)
Betty F. Bromley (sister)
Carol (Hurd) Bromley (wife)
Charles D. Bromley (son)

More information

T/5 David B. Bromley graduated from Spencerport High School and was a retail manager before he enlisted in Rochester, New York on 10 November 1943. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was wounded in action in France on 22 November 1944 and died in a field hospital to the effects of artillery shell fragments the same day.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Karen's Family Tree / New York State Birth Index / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett / Jaap Vermeer, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle New York 20 December 1944, www.armydivs.com/10th-armored-division
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle New York 20 December 1944