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Personal info

Full name
HELM, Robert Fredrick
Date of birth
25 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36853232
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 15 7

Immediate family

Members
Robert F. Helm (father)
Elizabeth (Plein) Helm (mother)
Charles M. Helm (brother)
Gordon M. Helm (brother)

More information

Robert F. Helm attended Eastern High School.

He enlisted on 24 May 1943 and was overseas for six months when he was killed.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. Social Security Death Index / JVogler Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/466/466_honor.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Detroit News - 10 June 1945