DOB/DOD: May 13, 1924 (Brooklyn, NY) – March 2, 1945; 20 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 426 Platt Avenue, West Haven ENLISTMENT: March 17, 1943, in Springfield, Massachusetts.SERVICE NUMBER: 845658UNIT: Ordnance Company, 8th Field Depot, 4th Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0978, Ordnance Stock Man (Quartermaster) FAMILY: Born to Ernest (1894-1971) and Hedwig “Catherine” Gautche BrandenbergerContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WALTER ERNEST BRANDENBERGER; MARINE CORPS”
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