William Joseph BRAILER
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Source : JP Gentil
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NUMBER OF SERVICE | 33898311 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
AGE | 21 yo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 29 September 1923 Mout Savage, County of Allegany MARYLAND | |||||||||||||||||||||||
ENLISTMENT STATE | MARYLAND | |||||||||||||||||||||||
FAMILY |
Parents : joseph & bessie BRAILER Sister : Helen Elisabeth | |||||||||||||||||||||||
RANK |
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FONCTION | Infantry Man | |||||||||||||||||||||||
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Employee Celanese Factory | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 25 October 1943 Baltimore MARYLAND | |||||||||||||||||||||||
COMPANY | Company C | |||||||||||||||||||||||
BATTALION | 2nd Battalion | |||||||||||||||||||||||
REGIMENT | 121st Infantry Regiment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DIVISION | 8th Infantry Division | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 27 July 1944 |
Source : Robert Hamilton | ||||||||||||||||||||||
STATUS | KIA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
PLACE OF DEATH | Saint Patrice de Claids | |||||||||||||||||||||||
CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
CEMETERY TEMPORARY of Blosville N°3508 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | |||||||||||||||||||||||
GRAVE |
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STORY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Private BRAILER will train in several camps: Camp Laguna ( riverside Californie ) Fort Léonard Wood (Missouri comte de Pulaski) and Camp Jackson ( caroline du sud ) ville de Columbia conté d' Alken.
he finished his training in Northern Ireland in November 1943, and transferred to Normandy. He landed on 4 July 1944 at Utath Beach. It enters the battle on July 7, it crosses the river Ay between Lessay and Periers crosses the Sèves and Lozon which forms a natural line of flooded plains. On July 14 sector St Patrice de claids just west of the road to St jores periers, and the national road 800, it parks a few days in the moors of Lessay and Mellières before the start of operation COBRA. The beginning of the operation is a massive bombardment of the sector, it begins on July 25 at 9:40 2000 bombers drop their bombs on an area of 7 km, ( to note that the figure of bombers is approximate because several figures are put forward. William Brailer will fall on July 27, 1944 at St Patrice de Claids. A plaque was erected in memory of those who fell in this commune under the command of Lt Colonel Percy O FORGY.
NOTE The sector was defended by the Panzer Lehr which will be destroyed from the beginning of the operation under bombing. The Das Reich Division , the 17th SS Panzergrenadier and the 5th Fallsclismager Division. |
Source : GJ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source : JP Gentil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8th INFANTRY DIVISION - GOLDEN ARROW
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SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | JP Gentil - Findagrave.com - Abmc.gov - |
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PROGRAMMER | Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |