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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, Robert Leroy
Date of birth
9 October 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Pennsboro, Ritchie County, West Virginia
Hometown
Wood County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35235479
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
67th Armored Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 October 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 4 70

Immediate family

Members
William F. Wilson (father)
Olive B. (Stanley) Wilson (mother)
Clara B. Wilson (sister)
Grace P. Wilson (sister)
James W. Wilson (brother)
Micheal C. Wilson (brother)
Lora M. Wilson (sister)
Mark H. Wilson (brother)
Nola B. Wilson (sister)
Marian O. Wilson (sister)

More information

Pvt Robert L. Wilson was a crane operator.

He enlisted in Akron, Ohio on 13 August 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census, History 67th Armored Regiment, West Virginia Memory Project

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, Storiesbehindthestars.org