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Personal info

Full name
LONERGAN, Robert Orlie
Date of birth
2 April 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
Hometown
Cayuga County, New York

Military service

Service number
42115039
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 2 72

Immediate family

Members
Wesley F. Mosher (stepfather)
Hazel M. Lonergan (mother)
Josephine M. Lonergan (sister)

More information

Pvt Robert O. Lonergan worked in a machine shop before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 8 April 1944.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet