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Personal info

Full name
LA CROSS, Robert J
Date of birth
16 August 1928
Age
17
Place of birth
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Hometown
Rochester, Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
Z-428347
Rank
Merchant Seaman
Function
unknown
Unit
United States Merchant Marine
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
5 March 1946
Place of death
In the vicinity of nr 12 Korzeniowskiego Street
Gaynia, Poland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 32 17

Immediate family

Members
Ida La Cross (mother)

More information

Merchant Seaman Robert La Cross died as a result of a revolver gunshot wound.

He first was buried on 8 March 1946 in Gdynia, Poland on the Roman Catholic Cemetery.

Source of information: Terry HIrsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com report of Death, New York Birth Index

Photo source: Peter Schouteten