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Personal info

Full name
WEIGL, Robert André
Date of birth
6 June 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Springfield Gardens, Queens County, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
42126383
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Schöntal, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 6 49

Immediate family

Members
Francis C. Weigl (father)
Andrée G. (Bouygues) Weigl (mother)
Lillian (Nieboer) Weigl (wife)

More information

Pfc Robert A. Weigl enlisted at Camp Upton, Yaphank, New York on 23 March 1944.

His father was born in Bohemia, his mother in France. His wife’s father was born in Groningen, Holland.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle Block K, Row 10, Grave 189.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Frost Family Tree / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet