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Personal info

Full name
COLE, Robert Fox
Date of birth
25 November 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33881614
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 17 4

Immediate family

Members
Claude F. Cole (father)
Bessie M. (Fox) Cole (mother)
Phyllis Cole (sister)
Geraldine J. (Parsons) Cole (wife)
Thomas Cole (son)

More information

Pvt Robert F. Cole enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 4 April 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Erwin Derhaag, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment record / Veterans Compensation Application File, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - The Evening Times (Sayre, Pennsylvania)

Photo source: Danny van der Groen, www.newspapers.com - The Evening Times (Sayre, Pennsylvania)