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Personal info

Full name
ELLENBERGER, Robert McClelland "Bob"
Date of birth
29 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
DuBois, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
DuBois, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13083306
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Irrel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 1 5

Immediate family

Members
Budd A. Ellenberger (father)
Beulah A. (Stiver) Ellenberger (mother)
Clement N. Ellenberger (brother)
David Ellenberger (brother)
Doris Ellenberg (sister)
Jane H. (Wyse) Ellenberger (wife)
Sandra J. Ellenberger (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Robert M. Ellenberger graduated from Du Bois High School in 1940 and was employed at the DuBois Auto Aligning plant.

He enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 12 June 1942.

He was married to Jane H. Wyse on 15 August 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, http://76thdivision.com/304/history_304th_004.html,

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michel / Joel Frampton Gilfert, www.ancestry.com - Jim_elleberger39