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Personal info

Full name
WAGNER, Robert Boyd
Date of birth
7 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Reedsville, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Brown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33772092
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 6 43

Immediate family

Members
Rolland E. Wagner (father)
Beulah E. Wagner (mother)
Dorothy M. Wagner (sister)
Chester R. Wagner (brother)
Mathilda E. Wagner (sister)
William S. Wagner (brother)
Mary E. Wagner (sister)
Jay F. Wagner (brother)
Richard Wagner (brother)
John M. Wagner (brother)
Ann K. (Klinger) Wagner (wife)
Robert B. Wagner Jr. (son)

More information

Pvt Robert B. Wagner enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 28 February 1944.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1941-1949 / Pennsylvania U.S. Veteran Compensation Application Files U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet