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Personal info

Full name
HANKNER, Robert William
Date of birth
17 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Evanston, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Evanston, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36739570
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Gey, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 11 65

Immediate family

Members
William C. Hankner (father)
Anne M. (Wiltgen) Hankner (mother)
William Hankner (brother)

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Various Family Trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet