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Personal info

Full name
HALTER, Robert Walter
Date of birth
15 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Canton, Stark County, Ohio
Hometown
Canton, Stark County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15377632
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
302nd Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 January 1945
Place of death
Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 3 11

Immediate family

Members
Joseph L. Halter (father)
Cecelia A. (Menegay) Halter (mother)
James J. Halter (brother)
Edward J. Halter (brother)
Marie L. Halter (sister)
Catherine R. (Johanning) Halter (wife)

More information

Sgt Robert W. Halter graduated from McKinley High School in 1940 and was employed at Diebold Incorporated.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 11 December 1942 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / BEH Family Tree / 1940 Census, http://www.94thinfdiv.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Pamela Perretta, www.ancestry.com - RA Jacobs / U.S. School Yearbooks Canton Ohio