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Personal info

Full name
RHATIGAN, Robert Henry "Bob"
Date of birth
29 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
32327875
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
66th Infantry Regiment,
71st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 April 1945
Place of death
Amberg, Bavaria, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 18 27

Immediate family

Members
Joseph T. Rhatigan (father)
Margaret S. (McGrath) Rhatigan (mother)
Katherine Rhatigan (sister)
Joseph Rhatigan (brother)
Ruth Rhatigan (sister)
Barndon Rhatigan (brother)
Thomas Rhatigan (brother)
Mary Rhatigan (sister)
Dorothy Rhatigan (sister)
Clarence G. Rhatigan (brother)
Grace Rhatigan (sister)
John Rhatigan (brother)
Eileen Rhatigan (sister)

More information

Sgt Robert H. Rhatigan enlisted at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York on 29 April 1942.
He was killed by a sniper.

On the bottom picture he poses with his father (middle) and his brother Joseph (left), who served with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific where he was wounded seriously.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Eileen Rhatigan Scarpello, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Anderson Rhatigan Family Tree / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Judith Thordarson