- SURNAME
Breisch
- FORENAME
Thomas Adam
- UNIT
509th Parachute Infantry Regiment
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
12051584
- AWARD
Bronze Star
- PLACE
Normandy, France, 6th June 1944
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 24.11.1920 Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA
father Adam George Raymond Breisch (1910-1937)
mother Anna M. (nee Leibensperger) Breisch (1900-1978)
3 years high school
single without dependents upon enlistment
employed by Bethlehem Steel Company, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
resided 822 Fernwood Street, Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania (draft card)
16.02.1942 draft card Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
1944 brother CPL. Charles William KIA Italy
06.03.1942 entered service Newark, New Jersey
27.09.1945 discharged Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania
1946 married Helen J. (nee Wojtowicz) Breisch (1923-2006)
daughter Johanna
1950 resided 213 Maple Place, Keyport, Middlesex County, Pennsylvania
died 06.12.2010 (Aged 90) Hazlet, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
Monmouth Memorial Park, Tinton Falls, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
CITATION:
Bronze Star : Staff Sergeant (then Private First Class), 509th Parachute Infantry, for heroic action on 6 June 1944 near ###, FRANCE. Staff Sergeant BREISCH, company clerk, volunteered to evacuate the severely wounded from the dangerous area near the *** Bridge by means of a jeep. The proximity of enemy small arms and artillery and consideration for the comfort of the wounded, made this a very hazardous task. Neverless, Staff Sergeant BREISCH evacuated eighteen wounded men over a five mile stretch of bad roadway very often subjected to heavy shell fire. Staff Sergeant BREISCH's courage and devotion to duty reflected credit on himself and the United States Airborne Forces.
