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Pvt Bruce Milton Powell

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Pvt Bruce Milton Powell Veteran

Birth
Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Death
17 Nov 1944 (aged 19)
Jülich, Kreis Düren, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Burial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map
Plot
P-10-6
Memorial ID
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Pvt. Bruce Powell graduated from Nogales High School in 1943 where he served as the Class President.

He enlisted on 16 September 1943 at Phoenix, Arizona. He joined his unit from Replacement Depot on 16 June 1944 and was lightly wounded in action on 30 June 1944.

He was a rifleman with the 28th Infantry Division when he was Killed in Action near Setterich, Germany.

https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemetery-margraten-p/57423-powell-bruce-m

Contributor: ET (47514618)

He earned the Silver Star and Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Pvt. Bruce Powell graduated from Nogales High School in 1943 where he served as the Class President.

He enlisted on 16 September 1943 at Phoenix, Arizona. He joined his unit from Replacement Depot on 16 June 1944 and was lightly wounded in action on 30 June 1944.

He was a rifleman with the 28th Infantry Division when he was Killed in Action near Setterich, Germany.

https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemetery-margraten-p/57423-powell-bruce-m

Contributor: ET (47514618)

He earned the Silver Star and Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Inscription

PVT 116 INF 29 DIV

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from California.



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  • Maintained by: Coleman ✿
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56302831/bruce_milton-powell: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Bruce Milton Powell (20 Feb 1925–17 Nov 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56302831, citing Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands; Maintained by Coleman ✿ (contributor 47076912).