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Personal info

Full name
SCOFIELD, Robert Dale
Date of birth
8 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36640817
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Anti-Tank Company,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division,
1st Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
Hilfarth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 16 23

Immediate family

Members
Smith Scofield (father)
Alice Scofield (mother)

More information

Pfc Robert D. Scofield graduated from South Shore High School in 1942 and was employed at Kennedy Drug Store.
He enlisted in 1943 and was sent overseas in May, 1944.

He was assigned to operate a M-9 "Bazooka" rocket launcher.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.coulthart.com/134, www.newspapers.com - Chicago Daily Tribune, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, South Shore High School - Tide Yearbook (Chicago, IL) - Class of 1946, South Shore High School 1942