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Personal info

Full name
COLEMAN, Robert L "Bob"
Date of birth
20 July 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Cowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Montgomery County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38261333
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Gunner
Unit
746th Tank Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 17 3

Immediate family

Members
James C. Coleman (father)
Mary (Gould) Coleman (mother)
Ray Coleman (brother)
Harold Coleman (brother)
Howard Coleman (brother)
Richard Coleman (brother)

More information

Sgt Robert L. Coleman was employed at the Superior Oil Company.

He enlisted on 16 October 1942 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He was sent overseas in January 1943.

Sgt Coleman is remembered at Calvary Cemetery in Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, WWII Memorial, archives.gov, home.hiwaay.net/~blan/, 1930 US Census, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Myron Ropp