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Ira Britt and Lucy Violet (Bryant) Branch with their son's burial flag. Their son Edward Dock Branch, born 26 July 1924, Rural Odin, Marion Co. IL, was killed in WWII at the Battle of the Bulge. Ed was buried first at Henri Chapple in Belguim and in Sept. 1948 was brought home and buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Centralia, IL. Ed was in Co. C, 23rd Infantry Division. He married Juanita C. Melton. Ed & Juanita are the parents of James Edward "Jim" Branch.
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