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Personal info

Full name
HEATH, Robert Ray Jr "Bob"
Date of birth
2 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas
Hometown
Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
18148227
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
19th Armored Infantry Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 April 1945
Place of death
Lohr am Main, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 3 27

Immediate family

Members
Robert R. Heath (father)
Alice M. (Swindle) Heath (mother)
Richard L. Heath (brother)
Mildred (Leveridge) Heath (wife)

More information

Pfc Robert R. Heath Jr. attended college for two years before he joined the Regular Army in Stillwater, Oklahoma on 7 December 1942.

He is remembered at the Fairlawn Cemetery in Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Richard L. Heath, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Swindle Swindell Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Family Finder, http://14thad.org
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Payne County, Oklahoma, www.findagrave.com – Family Finder