Name:
Wallace Orrin Brainerd
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
36964680
Unit:
26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1944-11-29
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium
Plot:
A
Row:
8
Grave:
33
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Wallace Orrin Brainerd was born on November 11, 1912 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. He was the son of Wallace Heber Brainerd and Bessie May Phelps Brainerd. Wallace served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Private in the 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He died on November 29, 1944 and is now buried in Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium.