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ARMSTRONG, Robert L - Date of
birth
1914 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Gloversville, Fulton County, New York -
Hometown
Gloversville, Fulton County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32291833 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Squad Leader -
Unit
A Company,
1st 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
21 February 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Halsdorf, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 10 | 18 |
Immediate family
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Members
Leon E. Armstrong (father)
Rosmary Armstrong (wife)
More information
Sgt Robert L. Armstrong graduated from Gloversville High School and worked in a leather processing company before he enlisted in Utica, New York on 20 April 1942.Sgt Armstrong is remembered at the Ferndale Cemetery in North Perry, St. Johnstown, New York.
His father joined the Seabees, but died of a heart stroke during the training in 1942.
Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem, www.ancestry.com - Gloversville High School Yearbook 1937, www.baseballsgreatestsacrifice.com