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Private Donald J Brandt

Name Donald J Brandt
Rank Private
Army Serial # 35921057
State Ohio
Date of death 1944-08-05
Plot, Row, Grave L, 16, 13
Cemetery Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France, Google Maps
Role MOS 745 Rifleman
Unit G Company, 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Awards Purple Heart
Remarks Private Brandt was a member of G Company. The morning report for August 11, 1944 on page 18 lists him as killed in action on August 5, 1944. The page can be seen below.

Robert Coyle, son of S/Sgt. Richard Coyle, provided a page of his fathers scrapbook. His father was Squad Leader of 2nd Squad, 1st Platoon, G Company, 329th Infantry Regiment and it shows Donald Brandt as KIA on August 5, 1944 in Chateauneuf. Picture can be seen below.

Another picture can be seen of a sign erected in Barby, Germany for the officers and men of G Company, 329th who died during World War 2. This sign also lists Private Brandt.
Documents - Scrapbook S/Sgt. Richard Coyle
- Sign Soldiers Field. Barby, Germany.
- MR G Co 08-1944 page 18
Grave Soldier
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