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Personal info

Full name
CONN, Robert James
Date of birth
21 October 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Clinton, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31025127
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 December 1944
Place of death
Area Southeast of Schafberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 6 7

Immediate family

Members
James Conn (father)
Mary H. Conn (mother)
Martha H. Conn (sister)
Ester M. Conn (sister)
George E. Conn (brother)
Harriett R. Conn (sister)

More information

Sgt Robert J. Conn graduated from Clinton High School in 1930 where he was a member of the History Club and French Club. He was a pressman.

He enlisted in Worchester, Massachusetts on 12 March 1941.

The picture was taken at high school in 1930.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.5ad.org,

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Clinton High School 1930 / amalco2