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Personal info

Full name
SPENCHIAN, Robert Harry
Date of birth
12 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Fresno, Fresno County, California
Hometown
Alameda County, California

Military service

Service number
20902186
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 November 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 26 39

Immediate family

Members
Harry Spenchian (father)
Agnes (Adjemian) Spenchian (mother)
Marjorie Spenchian (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Robert H. Spenchian, a graduate of Albany High School and former student at the San Francisco Junior College, entered the Army three years ago. He had been overseas since August.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – A Grateful American, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / California Birth Records from Select Counties, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr, www.newspapers.com - Oakland Tribune

Photo source: -, www.ancestry.com - Albany High School Yearbook 1939