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Personal info

Full name
RAINWATER, Robert Lee
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Marshall County, Alabama
Hometown
Guntersville, Marshall County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
20416927
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 5 15

Immediate family

Members
James R. Rainwater (father)
Lou E. (Hamilton) Rainwater (mother)
Tommie Rainwater (brother)
Jessie D. Rainwater (sister)
Lorel Rainwater (sister)
A.J. Rainwater (brother)
Ruben R. Rainwater (half brother)

More information

Pvt Robert L. Rainwater joined the National Guard on 25 November 1940.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - various family trees / U.S., Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet