Date of birth:

January 29th, 1918 (Morrison County/Minnesota, United States)

Date of death:

January 7th, 1945 (Lutrebois/Luxemburg, Belgium)

Buried on:

American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot: F. Row: 15. Grave: 28.

Service number:

37 164 839

Nationality:

American

Andrew (Andy) was the fourth of ten children born to Lawrence Brummer (1891-1961) and his wife Annie Kingen-Brummer (1895 - 1979).
His brothers and sisters were Rhinehard (Pat) Henry * 31st October 1913, Raymond Henry * 29th March 1915, Roman S * 1916, Andrew Richard * 9th january 1918, Herbert Henry * May 1920, Joseph Harry * 14th January 1924, Isabella Marie * 2nd July 1924, Harry Norbert * 28th August 1928, Richard Lawrence * 2nd April 1931, Angeline Annie(Minnie) 13 June 1933.
The Brummer family lived on a farm in Hillman, Morrison County, Minnesota.

After he attended Grammar school, Andrew Brummer worked on his parents Farm and did all the jobs that he came across to earn some money for his family. Andrew’s sister Isabella Marie writes in her Memories : "The boys were required to go to school for 40 days a year,and that is all they went. Then they would leave school to hunt, trap or help out on the farm. My brothers always carried a .22 rifle with them. When they got to school,they just pulled the bolt out and gave it to the teacher. Before and after school they would hunt or check their traps. Herb and Andy were very close brothers. Herb was big and Andy was smaller,maybe 5’11”, and finer boned. When they hired out to work they always paid Herb and said ”Give the little one something if you want”."

He was drafted in to the US Army in1941 and was trained in anti-aircraft.
After his basic training and the anti-aircraft training Andy was shipped from Trenton, New Jersey to Europe. When there were no airplanes left to shoot, the Army transferred Andy to the Infantry and he had not had any Infantry training. Basically he did not know what to do, remembers his sister Isabel Marie Knudson.

Andrew R . Bruummer was M.I.A. (Missing In Action) from January 7th, 1945 until July 8th,1945. Andy’s remains were discovered in the vicinity of Lutrebois by Mr. M.Gabriel citizen of Lutrebois. He was Killed In Action during the Battle of the Bulge. The Division was holding positions astride the Lutrebois-Lutremagne road when he was killed. This road is approx. 4-5 Miles south-East of Bastogne.

Mrs.Isabel Marie Knudson, Andy’s sister remembers:
"Ma and Pa were notified of Andy’s death by Irvin and Mae Probasco who ran the telephone office in Hillman. They tried to call us but the telephone lines were down. They had received a telegram and they brought the telegram to Ma and Pa. The telegram told us that Andy was missing in action,having someone missing in action was bad.
We all knew about the Belgian Bulge battle and knew that there had been so many casualties. Ma and Pa had all the hope in the world that Andy would come back alive,but Pa never said much. They then got a letter stating that Andy had been killed by a small bullet. Sometimes when there is a war on death gives you a certain peace of mind. They knew he wasn’t a prisoner of war and that he could not be hurt any more,he would not be tortured or left hungry.
Ma and Pa never brought his body home because they said they always would wonder if they had the correct body."

His sister Mrs.Isabel Marie Knudson had the opportunity to visit Andrew’s grave in Henri-Chapelle and she said : "I think Pa and Ma did the right thing when they allowed him to be buried over there,it seems right that he was buried where he died for his country."

Andy was buried at the American Cemetery in Foy,Plot J , Row 6, Grave 141 on July 15th, 1945.
On July 15th,1948 Andrew was reburied to his final resting place in Henri-Chapelle.

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