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Personal info

Full name
MORTSON, Robert Clyde
Date of birth
18 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Webster, Burnett County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Burnett County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36217752
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 13 24

Immediate family

Members
Rasmus Mortson (father)
Gertrude (Norgaard) Mortson (mother)
Ellen M. Mortson (sister)
Andrew Mortson (brother)
Ester M. Mortson (sister)
Edith G. Mortson (sister)
Evelyn Mortson (sister)
Ethel Mortson (sister)
Eva D. Mortson ( sister)
Eunice D. Mortson (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Robert C. Mortson enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 6 August 1941.

He attended high school for 4 years and worked on a farm before he enlisted.

S/Sgt Robert C. Mortson was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium Block I, Row 10, Grave 248.

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 / the oldest Oak to the youngest Acorn / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Macon Telegraph 12 July 1942