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Personal info

Full name
MILLIMAN, Robert Amhurst
Date of birth
13 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Milan, Erie County, Michigan
Hometown
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36165985
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 April 1945
Place of death
Gispersleben-Kerspleben, north of Erfurt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 15 13

Immediate family

Members
Prescott Milliman (father)
Sarah A. (Merry) Milliman (mother)
Doris E. Milliman (sister)
John Milliman (brother)
Marjorie L. Milliman (sister)

More information

Pvt Robert A. Milliman attended Ferris institute at Big Rapids for a year. He was a chauffeur before he enlisted at Fort Custer, Michigan on 13 January 1942.

He formerly served in the anti-aircraft artillery before being transferred to the infantry in November 1944. He was then sent to Camp Gordon, Georgia for training.

Pvt Milliman's was serving a basic soldier (administration) at HQ Company of 3rd Battalion before he was transferred to E Company on 27 March 1945.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees, www.80thdivision.com, www.newspapers.com - The News-palladium

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Sundusky Register