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Personal info

Full name
ROBINSON, Russell King Jr
Date of birth
16 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio
Hometown
Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O1055442
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

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
I 2 12

Immediate family

Members
Russell K. Robinson (father)
Helen E. (Price) Robinson (mother)
John P. Robinson (brother)
Mary M. Robinson (sister)
Milton Robinson (brother)

More information

2nd Lt Russell K. Robinson Jr. attended college and was a manager before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 19 October 1942. He was sent overseas in November 1944 and reported wounded in action on 21 February 1945. After being hospitalized in France, he returned to his regiment on 10 April 1945 and was killed the next day.

Source of information: Luc van der Sterren, Erwin Derhaag, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Stahman Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Phi Gamma Delta, May 1945