Warren Bernard Breeher was born on 9-AUG 1921. John Joseph Jud informally adopted Warren. His biological father was Joseph Breeher. Warren was killed in action on 7-JULY 1944, on Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. He was 23 years old. Warren, a Marine Corporal in the Pacific was found at his post in a water-soaked fox hole on the eastern slope of Mount Tapotchau. His comrades reported on finding him, that Warren went down fighting. Warren was apparently killed by a deceased sniper who lied nearby in the underbrush. The Japanese sniper was clutching the dirt and his helmet was ripped by a bullet hole.
Warren Bernard Breeher Warren is buried in Jefferson Barracks Nation Cemetery in St Louis, Missouri.
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