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Personal info

Full name
NURSE, Robert Edward
Date of birth
28 December 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Neponset, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
11086809
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 18 27

Immediate family

Members
Edward L. Nurse (father)
Mabel A. (Foss) Nurse (mother)
Ruth G. Nurse (sister)
Arthur L. Nurse (brother)

More information

Pvt Robert E. Nurse was a shipbuilder before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Boston, Massachusetts on 30 July 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, the Netherlands.

Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Draft Registration Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet