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Personal info

Full name
SEEGER, Robert Walter
Date of birth
7 February 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Hometown
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
15106724
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 October 1945
Place of death
Near Bauchem, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Herman Seeger (father)
Mary E. (Jack) Seeger (mother)

More information

Pfc Robert W. Seeger graduated from Arsenal Technical High School ad attended Butler University.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Indianapolis, Indiana on 5 October 1942. He joined his unit a from a replacement depot on 21 September 1944.

Pfc Seeger was reported missing in action during a night raid on Bauchem, on 29 October 1944. Investigation teams visited and searched the area of Bauchem on 17 June, 1 and 7 October and 6 November 1947 without any result.

He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Birth Certificate, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis Star, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred Munckhof, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis Star, www.ancestry.com - Arsenal Technical High School Yearbook 1940