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Personal info

Full name
MC BEE, Robert Wayne
Date of birth
7 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Braymer, Caldwell County, Missouri
Hometown
Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37510564
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
555th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
21 January 1945
Place of death
Sector Düren-Merken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 15 5

Immediate family

Members
John P. McBee (father)
Goldie M. (Bowlen) McBee (mother)
Clarence E. McBee (brother)
Helen E. I. McBee (sister)
Frances R. (Terhyn) McBee (wife)
John C. McBee (son)

More information

T/4 Robert W. McBee was employed at F M Stamper and Co before he enlisted.

He died in a field hospital to the effects of artillery shell fragments in his stomach and chest.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / Mc Kalip Family Tree / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records / McBee Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.104infdiv.org,

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet