Bradley Rafferty

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12/31/2014

Bradley Rafferty

US Army band in concert WWII: Bradley Rafferty was drafted in '43, assigned to Special Services as a musician. This was probably some training band doing a radio broadcast on NBC. He was playing clarinet.

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Date & Place: 1943

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Bradley D. Rafferty Apr 12, 1908 - Dec 31, 1984 Lansing, Michigan, United States

Bradley Dean Rafferty was born in Cloverport, Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA to parents Bradley Turner Rafferty (1851-1932) and Elizabeth Thomas 'Lizzie' Dean (1887-1922). He had brothers William (1910-1990), Robert (born 1915), and Harry Rafferty (1921-1921). He also had half siblings Mary, Henry, and Douglas Rafferty. He grew up in Cloverport, Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA and Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA and later moved to Michigan living in Lansing and Grand Rapids. On May 13, 1940 he married Helen Elizabeth McNally in Belding, Ionia, Michigan, USA. They had children together. Bradley was drafted in 1943, assigned to Special Services as a musician. Brad served in the US Military from August 16, 1943 until December 7, 1945.

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