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Personal info

Full name
ROBBINS, John Eugene
Date of birth
25 December 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36381218
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Tank Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 3 34

Immediate family

Members
John W. Robbins (father)
Nellie Robbins (mother)
Helen Robbins (sister)
Pauline Robbins (sister)
Alma Robbins (sister)
Dorothy Robbins (sister)
Gertrude Robbins (sister)
Louis Robbins (brother)

More information

Cpl John E. Robbins enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 3 October 1942.

He worked as semiskilled in mechanical of treatment of metals.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium Block A, Row 3, Grave 59.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, 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 / 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet