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Personal info

Full name
TROWER, Robert Long
Date of birth
1911
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Speed, Phillips County, Kansas
Hometown
Ellis County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
O1015151
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
14th Tank Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 10 73

Immediate family

Members
William H. Trower (father)
Marta Trower (mother)
Ruth Trower (sister)
William Trower (brother)
Elmer Trower (brother)
Anna Trower (sister)
Daniel Trower (brother)
Irva B. Trower (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Robert L. Trower joined the Regular Army in Peoria, Illinois on 15 August 1941.
He attended high school for 4 years and worked in production of petroleum.

2nd Lt Robert L. Trower was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium on Block XXX, Row 10, Grave 194.

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 / Kansas State Census Collection / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet