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Personal info

Full name
SEGER, Robert Roy
Date of birth
13 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Tottenville, Richmond County, New York
Hometown
Staten Island, Richmond County, New York

Military service

Service number
42131732
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
273rd Infantry Regiment,
69th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
Near Hann. Münden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 9 25

Immediate family

Members
Daniel K. Seger (father)
May (Thornley) Seger (mother)
Russell Seger (brother)

More information

Pfc Robert R. Seger enlisted in Camp Upton Yaphank, New York on 25 April 1944.

Pfc Seger is remembered at Alpine Cemetery in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey .

Source of information: André Koch, terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
http://69th-infantry-division.com/histories/273/69%20Inf_Div_273_Inf_Reg_2nd_Bn_History.pdf, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census,
WWII Draft Cards; Social Security Applications and Claims

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Kat