US PARAS Bragg, John Albert

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Bragg​

• FORENAME

John Albert​

• UNIT

503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company G)​

• RANK

Private First Class​

• NUMBER

35154736​

• DATE OF DEATH

19th October 1943​

• AGE

26​

• GRAVESITE

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Plot A 149​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 17.10.1917 Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, USA​

father John Andrew Bragg (1886-1951)​

mother Lucinda Jane (nee Young) Bragg (1885-1939)​

grammar school education​

civil occupation semiskilled filers, grinders, buffers and polishers (metal)​

employed by Guide Lamp Corporation, Anderson, Indiana​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

resided 1719 East 17th, Anderson, Indiana (draft card)​

16.10.1940 draft card Anderson, Indiana​

15.03.1941 entered service Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana​

died Port Moresby​

awarded Bronze Star Medal​

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