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Personal info

Full name
MONTER, Robert John
Date of birth
28 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Stark County, Ohio
Hometown
Nimishillen, Stark County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35025734
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
24th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
4th Cavalry Group
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Bogheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 1 30

Immediate family

Members
Charles Monter (father)
Blanche Monter (mother)
Charles Monter (brother)
Lester Monter (brother)
Margaret Monter (sister)
Mary Monter (sister)

More information

Cpl Robert J. Monter enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 25 June 1941.

He was a chauffeur before he enlisted.

He is remembered on the 4th Cavalry WWII Memorial at Fort Meade, Meade County, South Dakota.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 4th Cavalry Group

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Erika, Doug Brahler