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Personal info

Full name
SEELEY, Robert Stites
Date of birth
17 December 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Williamsburg, Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Hometown
Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
16057734
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
413th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
6 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 11 6

Immediate family

Members
D. L. Seeley (father)
Everett Seeley (brother)
Elsworth Seeley (sister)
Margaret L. (Crawford) Seeley (wife)
Robert Seeley (son)

Biography

www.facesbeyondthegraves.com

More information

Pfc Robert S. Seeley attended college and worked in an automobile factory before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Midland, Michigan on 17 July 1942.

Pfc Robert Seeley died of wounds, sustained on 27 November in the vicinity of Dürwiss, Germany.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Martijn van Haren, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.facesbeyondthegraves.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Sandra Davey, Peter Schouteten, http://www.facesbeyondthegraves.com/seeley.html