CUMBERLAND EVENING TIMES, CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1945, PAGE SEVEN
SIX SOLDIERS CASUALTIES OF GERMAN DRIVE: PFC. WILLIAM M. BRUCE III, STAFF SGT. DELMER STOLLAR AND PVT RICHARD HOTCHKISS KILLED
KILLED: PFC. WILLIAM M. BRUCE, III, 22, WASHINGTON, D.C., A FORMER RESIDENT, IN BELGIUM DECEMBER 31.
Pfc. Bruce was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Bruce, Jr., Washington, D.C., former residents of Cumberland. He was a grandson of Mrs. William M. Bruce, 209 Greene street, and of the late William M. Bruce. His maternal grandfather, Robert Gunning, a former resident of Lonaconing, resides in Huntingdon, W. Va.
A native of Cumberland, Pfc. Bruce was a graduate of the Hagerstown High School in 1940, and at the time of entering the armed forces on March 15, 1943, was a law student at National University, Washington, D.C. His regular military training program was supplemented with a course of specialized training at Texas A. and M. University. He fought as a member of the 395th Infantry of the 99th Division. Pfc. Bruce has a brother in the Army, Cpl. Robert G. Bruce, serving with an anti-aircraft outfit in France. (article amended to include mention of this soldier only)
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Eric Ackerman
SIX SOLDIERS CASUALTIES OF GERMAN DRIVE: PFC. WILLIAM M. BRUCE III, STAFF SGT. DELMER STOLLAR AND PVT RICHARD HOTCHKISS KILLED
KILLED: PFC. WILLIAM M. BRUCE, III, 22, WASHINGTON, D.C., A FORMER RESIDENT, IN BELGIUM DECEMBER 31.
Pfc. Bruce was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Bruce, Jr., Washington, D.C., former residents of Cumberland. He was a grandson of Mrs. William M. Bruce, 209 Greene street, and of the late William M. Bruce. His maternal grandfather, Robert Gunning, a former resident of Lonaconing, resides in Huntingdon, W. Va.
A native of Cumberland, Pfc. Bruce was a graduate of the Hagerstown High School in 1940, and at the time of entering the armed forces on March 15, 1943, was a law student at National University, Washington, D.C. His regular military training program was supplemented with a course of specialized training at Texas A. and M. University. He fought as a member of the 395th Infantry of the 99th Division. Pfc. Bruce has a brother in the Army, Cpl. Robert G. Bruce, serving with an anti-aircraft outfit in France. (article amended to include mention of this soldier only)
Submitted by
Eric Ackerman
CUMBERLAND EVENING TIMES, CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1945, PAGE SEVEN
SIX SOLDIERS CASUALTIES OF GERMAN DRIVE: PFC. WILLIAM M. BRUCE III, STAFF SGT. DELMER STOLLAR AND PVT RICHARD HOTCHKISS KILLED
KILLED: PFC. WILLIAM M. BRUCE, III, 22, WASHINGTON, D.C., A FORMER RESIDENT, IN BELGIUM DECEMBER 31.
Pfc. Bruce was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Bruce, Jr., Washington, D.C., former residents of Cumberland. He was a grandson of Mrs. William M. Bruce, 209 Greene street, and of the late William M. Bruce. His maternal grandfather, Robert Gunning, a former resident of Lonaconing, resides in Huntingdon, W. Va.
A native of Cumberland, Pfc. Bruce was a graduate of the Hagerstown High School in 1940, and at the time of entering the armed forces on March 15, 1943, was a law student at National University, Washington, D.C. His regular military training program was supplemented with a course of specialized training at Texas A. and M. University. He fought as a member of the 395th Infantry of the 99th Division. Pfc. Bruce has a brother in the Army, Cpl. Robert G. Bruce, serving with an anti-aircraft outfit in France. (article amended to include mention of this soldier only)
Submitted by
Eric Ackerman
SIX SOLDIERS CASUALTIES OF GERMAN DRIVE: PFC. WILLIAM M. BRUCE III, STAFF SGT. DELMER STOLLAR AND PVT RICHARD HOTCHKISS KILLED
KILLED: PFC. WILLIAM M. BRUCE, III, 22, WASHINGTON, D.C., A FORMER RESIDENT, IN BELGIUM DECEMBER 31.
Pfc. Bruce was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Bruce, Jr., Washington, D.C., former residents of Cumberland. He was a grandson of Mrs. William M. Bruce, 209 Greene street, and of the late William M. Bruce. His maternal grandfather, Robert Gunning, a former resident of Lonaconing, resides in Huntingdon, W. Va.
A native of Cumberland, Pfc. Bruce was a graduate of the Hagerstown High School in 1940, and at the time of entering the armed forces on March 15, 1943, was a law student at National University, Washington, D.C. His regular military training program was supplemented with a course of specialized training at Texas A. and M. University. He fought as a member of the 395th Infantry of the 99th Division. Pfc. Bruce has a brother in the Army, Cpl. Robert G. Bruce, serving with an anti-aircraft outfit in France. (article amended to include mention of this soldier only)
Submitted by
Eric Ackerman
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PFC 395 INF 99 DIV
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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