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Personal info

Full name
ROBBINS, Ray Clempson
Date of birth
27 December 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Mahaffey, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Commodore, Indiana County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33759218
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
Medical Detachment,
302nd Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
Serrig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 33 23

Immediate family

Members
Jesse H. Robbins (father)
Mary J. (Miller) Robbins (mother)
Oran E. Robbins (brother)
George H. Robbins (brother)
Eugene D. Robbins (brother)
Nellie M. Robbins (sister)
Mary B. Robbins (sister)
Wallace E. Robbins (brother)
Mae Robbins (sister)
Martha Robbins (sister)
Margaret O. Robbins (sister)

More information

Pfc Ray C. Robbins worked on a farm before he enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 24 April 1943.

He was killed by enemy sniper fire.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Staples Family Tree, http://www.94thinfdiv.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, The Indiana Gazette - 6 March 1946