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Personal info

Full name
RISHELL, Robert Scott
Date of birth
6 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33240532
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
23rd Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 February 1945
Place of death
Bronsfeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 7 33

Immediate family

Members
Walter S. Rishell (father)
Barbara A. (Doersom) Rishelll (mother)
Eugene Rishell (brother)
Edith Rishell (sister)
Miles D. Rishell (brother)
Norman D. Rishell (brother)
Richard D. Rishell (brother)
Kermit J. Rishell (brother)

More information

T/5 Robert S. Rishell graduated from McCaskey High School. Prior to the war he was an employer at Armstrong Cork Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

He is remembered at the Greenwood Cemetery in Lancaster.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Mike Rishell, Sheree Dowdle, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Donna Butler Sheaffer, www.wwiimemorial.com - Miles Rishell