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Personal info

Full name
ROBERTSON, Curtis Edward
Date of birth
1 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Princeton, Collin County, Texas
Hometown
Pampa, Gray County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38347493
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
680th Glider Field Artillery Battalion,
17th Airborne Division,
A Battery
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 march 1945
Place of death
Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 13 21

Immediate family

Members
Buford B. Robertson (father)
Lettie L. (Patton) Robertson (mother)
Billie A. Robertson (sister)
Jack T. Robertson (brother)
Louise Robertson (wife)
B. B. Robertson (son)

More information

Pvt. Robertson was employed by the Texas Furniture Company and by his father.

He enlisted in October 1943.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Pampa Daily News / Headstone and Interment Record, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Pampa Daily News - 7 May 1945