Sgt William Bruce Armstrong (1914-1945)

Sgt William Bruce Armstrong Veteran

Birth

25 Aug 1914

Long Island City, Queens County, New York, USA

Death

12 Apr 1945 (aged 30)

Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

Burial

Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial

Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map

Plot

F Row 19 Grave 22

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Service # 34110900
14th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Armored Division (Hell on Wheels)

Entered the Service from: North Carolina
Awards: Purple Heart
Ww2 veteran Rea Guistwite says: 'Armstrong was Killed by a sniper bullet. Near the Elbe river. He was the last man killed of the 14th Field Artillery Battalion before the war ended. We put his body in a ration truck for several days until graves collection retrieved him. Otherwise he might have been overlooked/lost all because our rapid combat movement at that time''.

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Entered the service from North Carolina

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Nancy Griffin Royer

1884–1971

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