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ALBER, Robert Marshall - Date of
birth
1916 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Monongahela, Washington County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Chula Vista, San Diego County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39710924 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
38th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
23 March 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Bendorf, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| F | 5 | 43 |
Immediate family
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Members
Catherine R. Alber (mother)
Reynold Alber (brother)
Margarita Alber (sister)
More information
Pfc Robert M. Alber Sweetwater High School where he played on the baseball and football teams. He majored in art at San Diego State University. After college, he was employed at Rohr Aircraft and was a lifeguard at Imperial Beach during the summer months.He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 22 September 1943.
"It makes me so homesick....I started dreaming of the swell days I had at State. I am in an infantry outfit of the Second Division which was in on the invasion D-Day. I have been in every major battle and still am good and strong. We are deep into Germany now and hope for the war to be over soon."
Pfc Robert M. Alber was killed in action just eight days after writing the above. A street in Chula Vista is named in his honor.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1940 Census, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record
Photo source: Peter Schouteten