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Personal info

Full name
WILLIAMS, Robert Cochran
Date of birth
5 March 1905
Age
39
Place of birth
Quaker City, Guernsey County, Ohio
Hometown
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15354558
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
Service Company,
304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 February 1945
Place of death
Hinkel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 4 63

Immediate family

Members
Charles H. Williams (father)
Lena G. (Cochran) Williams (mother)
Ruth W. Williams (sister)
Alma Williams (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Robert C. Williams enlisted at Camp Perry, Lacarne, Ohio on 11 December 1942.
He was mortally wounded by gunshot in the heart.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / Ohio Births and Christenings Index 1774-1973, http://76thdivision.com/304/history_304th_004.htm, IDPF
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem www.ancestry.com - egtkelly