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Personal info

Full name
PROCTOR, Robert Dean
Date of birth
31 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
19204515
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 14 12

Immediate family

Members
Theodore Proctor (father)
Thelma Proctor (mother)
Donald R. Proctor (brother)

More information

Pvt Robert D. Proctor attended high school for four years.

He joined the Regular Army in Los Angeles, California on 13 October 1943.
Pvt Proctor was reported seriously wounded in action on 9 January 1945 and evacuated to the 13th Field Hospital, where he died five days later. The exact location where this Field Hospital was stationed is not known.

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, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org – After Action Report

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Garfield High School 1942