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Personal info

Full name
HASKELL, Robert Eugene
Date of birth
21 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Hometown
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California

Military service

Service number
19000144
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Battery,
376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 15 30

Immediate family

Members
Ira G. Haskell (father)
Dorothy (Young) Haskell (mother)
Frank Haskell (brother)

More information

Pvt Robert E. Haskell enlisted in San Francisco, California on 3 October 1940.
He was first buried at Block LL, Row 6, Grave 111.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/376/376_honor.html, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / California Birth Index

Photo source: Peter Schouteten