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Personal info

Full name
WURDEMANN, Robert Herman
Date of birth
23 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Dade County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34543694
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
394th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bonn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 7 48

Immediate family

Members
William H. Wurdemann (father)
Caroline (Kiesewetter) Wurdemann (mother)
Alma L. Wurdemann (sister)
William H. Wurdemann Jr. (brother)
Arthur K. Wurdemann (brother)
Flora E. Wurdemann (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Robert H. Wurdemann attended the University of Miami and Minnesota and was a radio operator.

He enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 13 February 1943. Under the Army Specialized Training Program, he attended the Louisiana State University but was transferred to the infantry in April 1944 shortly before he was sent overseas.

Accordig to a newspaper article in the The Rutherford Republican & American Newspaper of 5 July 1945 he was killed by sniper fire.

Both his brothers also served.

Source of information: Jac Engels, Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Records, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, Familientreffen Wurdemann von New Jersey (Don Wurdemann38), www.99thinfantrydivision.com/, The Rutherford Republican & American Newspaper 5 July 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet