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KITCHEN, Robert Hower - Date of
birth
5 March 1924 -
Age
20 -
Place of birth
Columbia County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33851417 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
15 November 1944 - Place of
death
France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 9 | 42 |
Immediate family
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Members
Warren H. Kitchen (father)
Laura (McKloskey) Kitchen (mother)
Ruth Kitchen (sister)
Raymond Kitchen (brother)
Rudolph Kitchen (brother)
Renna Kitchen (sister)
More information
Pvt Robert H. Kitchen enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 4 April 1944. He was sent overseas in April 1944.He attended high school for 4 years and worked on a farm.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.
Pvt Kitchen is remembered at New Rosemont Cemetery in Espy, Columbia County, Pennsylvania with a memorial marker.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery