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Personal info

Full name
COLEBANK, Robert E
Date of birth
19 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Elk Ridge, Fayette County, West Virginia
Hometown
Kanawha County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35212679
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 18 28

Immediate family

Members
Harry B. Colebank (father)
Nettie (Carpenter) Colebank (mother)
Marshall Colebank (brother)
Walter L. Colebank (brother)
Gladys Colebank (sister)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree / 1930 census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Charleston Daily News - 29 January 1945