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|first=Victor
|first=Victor
|middle=H.
|middle=H.
|alias=Bromberg
|alias=Victor Henri Bromberg
|class_number=11
|class_number=11
|class_section=5C
|class_section=5C
|class_rank=Pvt
|class_rank=Pvt
|birth_year=1923
|birth_year=1923
|nativity=Ge
|nativity=Germany
|religion=J
|religion=J
|enlistment_place=NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK
|enlistment_place=NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK
|state=NEW YORK
|state=NEW YORK
|education=1 year of college
|education=Yale University (BA, PhD)
|occupation=Laboratory technicians and assistants
|occupation=Professor
|marital=Single without dependents
|marital=Single without dependents
|certificate=3780
|certificate=3780
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|overseas=Y
|overseas=Y
|special=x
|special=x
|birth_date=11 November 1923
|death_date=26 November 2024
|death_year=2024
|birth_place=Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany
|death_place=Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
|branch=United States Army
|class_branch=United States Army
|years_of_service=1943–1946
|battles=World War II
}}
}}


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'''Victor H. Brombert''' (b. 1923) was a United States Army Pvt who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 11]].
Victor Henri Brombert (né Bromberg; November 11, 1923 – November 26, 2024) was an American scholar of 19th and 20th century literature. He taught at Yale University and Princeton University, becoming Princeton's Henry Putnam University Professor.
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
'''Victor H. Brombert''' — Professor Emeritus, Princeton; Author, "Trains of Thought". Summary from a Notable Ritchie Boys slide ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ij8PP9weF976Lb5_Ic4bFimcuAZzXRn3cHfNCk5nTdM source]).
 
Brombert, also known as Bromberg was born in 1923, with nativity listed as Germany, Jewish.
 
He taught at Yale University and Princeton University, becoming Princeton's Henry Putnam University Professor. Roster notes also show enlisted at New York City New York; education listed as 1 year of college; civilian occupation listed as Laboratory technicians and assistants.
 
Service notes include Camp Ritchie class 11; class rank Pvt; overseas service.
 
Victor Henri Brombert (né Bromberg; November 11, 1923 – November 26, 2024) was an American scholar of 19th and 20th century literature.
 


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Brombert Wikipedia: Victor Brombert]
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)