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Personal info

Full name
FARNI, Robert Floyd
Date of birth
23 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Hammon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Contra Costa County, California

Military service

Service number
39134117
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 2 16

Immediate family

Members
John S. Farni (father)
Alta J. (Wilson) Farni (mother)
Gladys M. Farni (sister)
Maxine Farni (sister)
Dorothy M. Farni (sister)
Joe F. Farni (brother)
Dolores F. Farni (sister)

More information

Although wounded T/5 Farni continued to administer first aid on the battlefield until killed by machine gun fire. For this action he was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, various family trees, 1930 Census, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Cards; United States Census, 1930

Photo source: Dolores F. Dodd