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Personal info

Full name
RENTFROW, Robert Roland
Date of birth
15 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Winooski, Chittenden County, Vermont
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36467183
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
387th Infantry Regiment,
97th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Drabenderhöhe, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 9 1

Immediate family

Members
Clarence Rentfrow (father)
Ursula (Piche) Rentfrow (mother)
Theodore Rentfrow (brother)
Catherine Rentfrow (sister)
Richard L. Rentfrow (brother)
Thomas D. Rentfrow (brother)

More information

Pfc Robert R. Rentfrow attended high school for one year and was a mechanic.

He enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 28 February 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Birth Record, www.history.army.mil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet