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Personal info

Full name
LINDSEY, Robert Joseph
Date of birth
27 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32910642
Rank
Private
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
Medical Detachment,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
13 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Oidtweiler-Schauffenberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 19 2

Immediate family

Members
Kenneth J. Lindsey (father)
Ismene (Santi) Lindsey (mother)
Meta V. Lindsey (sister)

More information

Pvt Robert Lindsey graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood.

He enlisted on 2 April 1943 at Newark, New Jersey.

He was seriously wounded in action on 10 November 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dykmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Victoria Lodato