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Pfc Robert W. Myers enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 26 August 1942.

Floowing article is from the The Sterling Daily Gazette of 11 November 1944:
Commanding Officer Eulogizes Heroism and Character, Robt W. Myers
John W. Meyers, 1310 Avenue L. has received the following letter from Lt. Col. Carl L. Peterson, commanding the 112th infantry of which his son Pfc. Robert W. Myers, killed in action in Germany recently, was a member.
"I presume by this time that you have already been officially informed by the war department that your son, Pfc. Robert W. Myers, Company I, 112th infantry, was killed in action while serving with this unit in Germany," Col. Peterson writes.
"I desire to extend to you my sincerest sympathy together with that of the officiers and men of this organization in your hour of bereavement. Your son served with distinction and was a credit to his family, the service and the United States. He was a splendid soldier and held in high regard by all members of this command. His loss is deeply felt by his many friends.
"I am prohibited by exigencies of the service from disclosing the location of the American military cemetery in which your son is interred; however, full information in this respect may be had by writting directly to the quartermaster general, Washington, D.C.
"Your son made the supreme sacrifice in order that the families of free men might remain free. Those of us who remain are determined to do everything in our power to achieve the ultimate victory for which he was se heroically striving that be shall not have died in vain."
"The Sterling Daily Gazette, January 10 1945"
Posthumous Citation For Pfc. Robert Myers Is Received by His Father
John W. Myers has received a citation from Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and Adjutant General Ulio, awarding to him the Purple Heart won by his son, Pfc. Robert W. Myers, who was killed in action in the European area Oct. 7. 1944.
The citation, signed by both the secretary of war and General Ulio, reads as follows:
"The United States of America, to all who shall see these presents, Greeting:
"This is to certify that the President of the United States of America, pursuant to authority vested in him by congress, has awarded the Purple Heart, established by General George Washington, at Newburgh, New York, August 7, 1782, to Pfc. Robert W. Myers, A. S. No. 36367029, for military merit and for wounds received in action, resulting in his death October 7. 1944."
Accompanying the citation is an engraved memorial from President Roosevelt, reading as follows:
"In grateful memory of Pfc. Robert W. Myers, A. S. No. 36367029, who died in the service of his country in the European area October &. 1944. He stands in an unbroken line of patriots who have dared to die that freedoom might live and grow and increase its blessings. Freedom lives and through it he lives in a way that humbles the undertakings of most men."