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Personal info

Full name
SHEFTIC, Robert Jerome
Date of birth
20 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35518064
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
Vossenack, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 4 33

Immediate family

Members
Michael A. Sheftic (father)
Gertrudis (Zacharias) Sheftic (mother)
Eleanor G. Sheftic (sister)
Michael A. Sheftic Jr. (brother)
Agnes Sheftic (wife)
Loretta E. Sheftic (daughter)

More information

Pvt Robert J. Sheftic attended high school for 1 year and worked at Steel Improvement & Forge Company in mechanical treatment of metals.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 21 October 1942.

The remains of Pvt Sheftic were found in Vossenack and initially registered as Unknown X-5390. He was evacuated to Ardennes Cemetery and could be identified at the research facilities there.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Richard Blunk, Terry Hirsch, 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 / Voss Rowe Family Tree, IDPF of Raymond C. Blanton, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten