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STRUTZ, Robert Charles - Date of
birth
1922 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri -
Hometown
Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-536447 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
15 September 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Sainte Geneviève, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 26 | 40 |
Immediate family
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Members
Reginald M. W. Strutz (father)
Mae V. (Bauer) Strutz (mother)
Isabelle M. Strutz (sister)
Ruth E. Strutz (sister)
Shirley (Phillips) Strutz (wife)
More information
2nd Lt Robert C. Strutz attended Kemper Military School. In September 1942 he was made the battalion commander of Kemper’s Corps of Cadets.He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Columbia, Missouri on 16 September 1942.
Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Jas 2018 Family Tree, www.80thDivision.com, www.echocompany.org
Photo source: Kemper Mitary WWII Alumni book - courtesy of B. Jeffries