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Personal info

Full name
SHEPARD, Robert Franklin
Date of birth
4 June 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Indiana
Hometown
Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35896702
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 February 1945
Place of death
Halenfeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 12 2

Immediate family

Members
Robert L. Shepard (father)
Myrtle M. (Palmer) Shepard (mother)
Charles E. Shepard (brother)
Dorothy M. Shepard (sister)
Loretta I. (Keller) Shepard (wife)

More information

Pfc Robert F. Shepard enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana, on 14 October 1943.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Palmer Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet