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Personal info

Full name
KELLETT, Robert E
Date of birth
27 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32252185
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 September 1944
Place of death
North of Dinant, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 2 66

Immediate family

Members
Edwin F. Kellett (father)
May F. Kellett (mother)
Jane M. Kellet (sister)

More information

Pfc Robert E. Kellett was a metal workrer before he enlisted atFort Niagara, New York on 6 March 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet