Last Member of Band of Brothers Laid to Rest

The last surviving member of the 506th parachute infantry group made famous in the HBO series, “Band of Brothers,” has died.

Bradford C. Freeman, passed away Sunday, July 3, at the age of 97.

He was a member of Easy Company, the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division.

As a Private First Class in the U.S. Army, Freeman parachuted from a C-47 during the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, fought in Operation Market-Garden in the Netherlands, and defended Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.

He participated in the Allied occupations of Berchtesgaden in Bavaria near the Austrian border.

Freeman returned to Caledonia following the war, where he started a family and worked as a mail carrier for 32 years before retiring.

The graveside service was held Friday in Caledonia, MS where he was from.