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Personal info

Full name
NEWCOMB, Robert John
Date of birth
27 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35803151
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
Bütgenbach, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 15 25

Immediate family

Members
Clifford Newcomb (father)
Mildred Newcomb (mother)
Jack Newcomb (brother)
Daniel Newcomb (brother)
Marion Newcomb (sister)
Elizabeth Newcomb (sister)

More information

Pvt Robert J. Newcomb worked in a leather factory.

He enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 1 June 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Renata Wright (great-niece)