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Personal info

Full name
FISHER, Robert Lewis
Date of birth
30 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Grays Landing, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33395075
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
407th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
Near Linnichr, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 21 16

Immediate family

Members
William L. Fisher (father)
Dorothy (Cretin) Fisher (mother)
Cretin Fisher (brother)
John Fisher (brother)
Richard Fisher (brother)
Martha E. (Kirkwood) Fisher (wife)
Karen L. Fisher (daughter)

More information

Sgt Robert L. Fisher enlisted in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 12 November 1942.

His brother, Pvt. Richard 'Teddy' Fisher, was reported as Died Non Battle in France in September 1944. He is buried at the Brittany American Cemetery.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966 / WWII Draft Cards / 1930 Census, Larry Fisher

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Young American Patriots, Shelley Anderson