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Personal info

Full name
HOUSTON, Robert Vernon
Date of birth
5 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York
Hometown
Falconer, Chautauqua County, New York

Military service

Service number
42098942
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
54th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
Near Heilbronn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 37 22

Immediate family

Members
Vernon L. Houston (father)
Lillian I. (Aldrich) Houston (mother)
Ardell J. Houston (brother)
Arzella Houston (sister)
Robert Houston (brother)
Edna A. Houston (sister)

More information

Pvt Robert V. Houston attended Falconer High School for four years and was a student before he enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 18 September 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.10tharmored.com
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