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Personal info

Full name
MALEK, Robert Henry
Date of birth
10 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Bridgeville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36975548
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
27 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bissen, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 2 23

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Malek (father)
Mary Malek (mother)
Edward Malek (brother)
Margaret Malek (sister)
Eleanor Malek (sister)
William Malek (brother)
Harry Malek (brother)

More information

Pvt Robert H. Malek was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was reported seriously wounded in action and evacuated to the 60th Field Hospital on 26 December, which was operating in the vicinity of Bissen.

His brothers also served.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Detroit Evening Times - 4 April 1945