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Personal info

Full name
LORENZEN, Robert Vernon
Date of birth
12 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Cass County, Indiana
Hometown
Champaign County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36680209
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
424th Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 December 1944
Place of death
Sankt Vith, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 4 31

Immediate family

Members
Louis G. Lorenzen (father)
Florence M. (Parr) Lorenzen (mother)
Richard L. Lorenzen (brother)
Katherine Lorenzen (sister)
Bernice Lorenzen (sister)
Helen Lorenzen (sister)
Dorothy (Carpenter) Lorenzen (wife)

More information

Pfc Robert V. Lorenzen attended Gibson City High School and was employed at Central Sya Company.

He enlisted on 9 August 1943 and was sent overseas in October 1944.

Pfc Lorenzen is remembered at Mount Hope Cemetery in Foosland, Champaign County, Illinois.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Burrell-Davis Family Tree, The Pantagraph Bloomington - 28 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Derrick K Babbs, The Pantagraph Bloomington - 28 February 1945