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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, Robert Elbert
Date of birth
9 December 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Watalula, Franklin County, Arkansas
Hometown
Ozark, Franklin County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
6932925
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
19th Armored Infantry Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
Ger, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 23 40

Immediate family

Members
Robert O. Anderson (father)
Libreecy B. (Langley) Anderson (mother)
Owen L. Anderson (brother)
Henry C. Anderson (brother)
Reuben M. Anderson (brother)
George N. Anderson (brother)
Beulah G. Anderson (sister)
Sula K. Anderson (sister)
Milton D. Anderson (brother)
David O. Anderson (brother)
Artie L. (Eslinger) Anderson (wife)

More information

T/Sgt Robert E. Anderson attended high school for three years before he joined the Regular Army in Dublin, Georgia on 5 June 1939.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Wigginton Shiflet Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – L Bruns, http://14thad.org

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