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Personal info

Full name
HAMILTON, Robert Lee Sr
Date of birth
11 March 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
New Mexico
Hometown
Mineral County, Nevada

Military service

Service number
39424103
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
809th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dorsten-Kirchhellen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 4 22

Immediate family

Members
H.H. Hamilton (father)
Mat Hamilton (brother)
Beatrice Hamilton (wife)
Robert L. Hamilton Jr. (son)

More information

Pvt Robert L. Hamilton Sr. enlisted in San Francisco, California on 2 September 1944.

He attended high school for 3 years and worked in a machine shop before he enlisted. He was survived by his wife Beatrice and a four-year old son, Bobby Lee.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, Erwin Derhaag, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://tankdestroyer.net – After Action Report 809th Tank Destroyer Battalion, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Albuquerque Journal / New Mexico WWII Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Albuquerque Journal