Charles L. Bratz

  • ASN:
    38050279
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    Jan 1, 1917
  • DATE OF DEATH
    Aug 18, 2004
FULL NAME:

Charles L. Bratz

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

38050279

  • DATE OF BIRTH: Jan 1, 1917
  • DATE OF DEATH: Aug 18, 2004
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):

Elkhart, Anderson County, Texas

DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
  • DATE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Nov 25, 1940
  • PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Houston, Texas
ORGANIZATION:
  • MAIN UNIT:
    15th Field Artillery Battalion
  • SUBUNIT:
    Battery B
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
  • RANK:
    Staff Sergeant (S/Sgt.)
  • POSITION IN UNIT:
    Battery Detail
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:

✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944), ✭ Northern France Campaign (25 July – 14 September 1944), ✭ Ardennes-Alsace Campaign (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945), ✭ Rhineland Campaign (15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945), ✭ Central Europe Campaign (22 March – 11 May 1945)

DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):

🎖Bronze Star Medal, 🎖American Campaign Medal, 🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal

STATUS:
  • CATEGORY:
    Wounded In Action (WIA)
  • DATE:
    Aug 1944
  • LOCATION:
    Unknown
  • NOTES:
    Artillery Blast
HONORED BY:

David DiRuzza

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File Unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946. - Record Group 64 (info)

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SOLDIER RECORD:
Full Name
Charles L Bratz
Army Serial Number
38050279
Enlistment Place
Houston Texas
Enlistment Date
25 Nov 1940
Army Branch
Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Service Branch
Army
Race or Ethnicity
White
Residence
Anderson County, Texas
Source of Army Personnel
Civil Life
Army Component
Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Level of Education
3 years of high school
Occupation
Farm hands, general farms
Marital Status
Single, without dependents
Birth Date
1917
Birth Place
Texas
Source Box Number
1281
Source Film Reel Number
6.47
Conflict Period
World War II
Served for
United States of America

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