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Personal info

Full name
HARDY, Robert Wertman "Bob"
Date of birth
4 July 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois
Hometown
Knox County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O1016788
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
46th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kleinhau-Schafberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Guy B. Hardy (father)
Norma B. (Wertman) Hardy (mother)
Jane Hardy (sister)
Virginia Hardy (wife)

More information

1Lt Robert W. Hardy attended Galesburg High School and graduated from Knox College in 1934.

He is remembered at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com,
http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll8/id/3685, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, Knox College Archives

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Knox College Archives, www.ancestry.com - Galesburg High School 1929, www.findagrave.com - Just a Cemetery Shadow, Mario Cremer