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Personal info

Full name
HORNER, Robert Benjamin
Date of birth
26 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Wadestown, Monongalia, West Virginia
Hometown
Batelle, Monongalia County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35760587
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
unknown
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Loisy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
William F. Horner (father)
Bertha L. (Copeland) Horner (mother)
Thelma M. Horner (sister)
Rose R. Horner (sister)
Henry L. Horner (brother)
William C. Horner (brother)
Clyde Horner (brother)
Bertha K. Horner (sister)
Clara V. Horner (sister)
George M. Horner (brother)

More information

Pvt Robert B. Horner was a chauffeur before he enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 28 August 1943.

He is remembered at Arlington National Cemetery.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, www.80thDivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Michael V. Drachman / Anne Cady