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ROBERSON, Ernest R - Date of
birth
21 December 1907 -
Age
37 - Place of
birth
Shelby County, Alabama -
Hometown
Fayetteville, Talladega County, Alabama
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34824060 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
413th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star
Death
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Status
Died non-Battle - Date of
death
21 March 1945 - Place of
death
Wilsdorf, Germany (now Dubí, Czech Republic)
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
James W. Roberson (father)
Pollie A. Roberson (mother)
Bud Roberson (brother)
Julie M. Roberson (sister)
Eva (White) Roberson (wife)
More information
Pfc Ernest R. Roberson worked on a farm and was married.He enlisted at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia on 2 July 1943.
He was taken prisoner on 23 November 1944 when his unit was engaged in the fighting around Weisweiler, Germany.
Surviving fellow prisoners of war reported that Pfc Roberson fell ill in the spring of 1945, while working in a labor group near Steinschonau, Czechoslovakia. He was taken to the hospital at Wilsdorf and treated by a French doctor, but died of tuberculosis.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, POW Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, History of the 104th Infantry Division, DPAA
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