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Personal info

Full name
BRUBAKER, Richard K
Date of birth
15 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Davenport, Scott County, Iowa
Hometown
Scott County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
W2126999
Rank
Warrant Officer Junior Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
22nd Armored Engineer Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Thuel A. Brubaker (father)
Lillian A. (Johnson) Brubaker (mother)
Raymond E. Brubaker (brother)
Eileen E. Brubaker (sister)
Russell W. Brubaker (brother)
Jack D. Brubaker (brother)
Merrell Brubaker (brother)
Mary E. (Stutt) Brubaker (wife)
Marcia A. Brubaker (daughter)

More information

WOJG Richard K. Brubaker entered the service on 11 April 1939.

W/O Brubaker's brother, Pfc Russell W. Brubaker is Missing in Action in Hawaii on 21 July 1944.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - 1925 State Census / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - Waterloo Daily Courier 10 October 1943
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - soilsister, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree