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Personal info

Full name
OSTDICK, Robert Charles "Bob"
Date of birth
29 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Geneva, Kane County, Illinois
Hometown
Glenview, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-1015004
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
7th Armored Division,
F Company
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 October 1944
Place of death
Meijel, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 6 6

Immediate family

Members
Charles J. Ostdick (father)
Maude (Swanson) Ostdick (mother)

More information

1st Lt Robert C. Ostdick attended Elgin High School and graduated from New Trier High School in 1936 and worked as a salesman for a tractor company.

He enlisted in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois on 17 February 1941

The Veterans of Foreign Wars in Glenview,, Illinois was named in his honor, Robert C. Ostdick Post No. 8859.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com- 1930 Census, 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized) Unit History, www.7tharmddiv.org,WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, In Memoriam 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized), www.ancestry.com - New Trier High School Yearbook 1936