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Personal info

Full name
YEAGER, Robert H
Date of birth
22 November 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Heidelberg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Carnegie, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33922607
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
1 June 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schwerin, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 15 16

Immediate family

Members
Stephen Yeager (father)
Lucy (Gerlach) Yeager (mother)
James A. Herron (stepfather)
Marie C. Yeager (sister)
Stephen E. Yeager (brother)
Charles W. Yeager (brother)
William E. Yeager (brother)
James Herron (halfbrother)
Bernard Herron (halfbrother)
Eileen Herron (halfbrother)
Mildred M. Yeager (wife)
Arlene J. (Yeager) Tarasovich (daughter)

More information

His father was killed in a mine in 1917 and his mother remarried with James Arthur Herron in 1920.

Pfc Yeager worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad.

He enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 18 July 1944 and was sent overseas in December 1944.

He was reported wounded in action on 28 February 1945. For this wound he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal.
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Pfc Yeager died wounds, suffered when a grenade went off in his hand.

Source of information: André Koch, Robert H. Tarasovich (grandson), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File / 8th Infantry Division "Golden Arrow" Unit History, www.xixcorps.nl, www.fatherswar.com, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press

Photo source: Robert H. Tarasovich (grandson), www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Pittsburgh Press