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Personal info

Full name
HERNE, Robert W "Bobby"
Date of birth
7 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Steuben County, New York

Military service

Service number
42027779
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 12 11

Immediate family

Members
William H. Herne Sr. (father)
Charlotte E. (Smith) Herne (mother)
Charlotte L. Herne (sister)
Ethel H. Herne (sister)
Jack Herne (brother)
William H. Herne Jr. (brother)
Florence Herne (sister)
Elwin R. Herne (brother)
Wallace Herne (brother)
Shirley A. Herne (sister)
Rudolph V. Herne (brother)

More information

Pvt Robert W. Herne worked on a farm before he enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 26 November 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Moses and Smith Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.findagrave.com - Nina Walsh
Photo source: Peter Schouteten,www.ancestry.com - S Shadow