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Personal info

Full name
MITTS, Robert
Date of birth
10 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Saginaw County, Michigan
Hometown
Saginaw County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
O-1117094
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 13 22

Immediate family

Members
Philip S. Mitts Sr. (father)
Georgia (Grant) Mitts (mother)
Philip S. Mitts Jr. (brother)

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, 513th Unit History ww2-airborne.us

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Saginaw Michigan Library; Saginaw News