Bio: Bruesewitz, Harold - Spencer area World War II Casualty

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Bruesewitz

Source: Spencer Centennial Book (1874 – 1974)

Sergeant Harold (Breezy) Bruesewitz was the first Spencer boy to be killed in World War II. He was a graduate of Spencer High School and had been employed at the Roddis Veneer Plant before enlisting in the Army on August 17, 1942. He received his basic training at Camp Callan, California, and was in shipyard duty at Bremerton and Port Orchard, Washington, before going overseas in August of 1944. He was killed in action in Belgium on January 25, 1945, and was buried in the West Spencer Cemetery beside the grave of his brother, Pvt., Pvt. Raymond Bruesewitz.