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Personal info

Full name
O'DOHERTY, Robert Brendan
Date of birth
4 December 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Ireland
Hometown
Bronx County, New York

Military service

Service number
32975683
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
551st Parachute Infantry Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Rochelinval, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 15 54

Immediate family

Members
Robert O'Doherty (father)
Margaret (McNamara) O'Doherty (mother)
Joseph P. O'Doherty (brother)
Eleanor M. O'Doherty (sister)
Patricia E. O'Doherty (sister)

More information

Pfc Robert O'Doherty enlisted in New York City on 28 June 1943.

He immigrated with his parents from Cork, Ireland in 1929 and became a U.S. citizen on 19 November 1943.

Source of information: www.abmc.govwww.wwiimemorial.com, WW2Airborne

Photo source: Peter Schouteten