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Personal info

Full name
ROBINSON, Harold T Jr
Date of birth
7 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Chester, Hancock County, West Virginia
Hometown
Columbiana County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35236351
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 April 1945
Place of death
In one of the towns between Bodenwerder and Negenborn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 8 24

Immediate family

Members
Harold T. Robinson (father)
Thelma Robinson (mother)
Lilly J. Robinson (sister)

More information

Pfc Harold T. Robinson Jr. enlisted in Akron, Ohio on 6 September 1943. He was overseas since January 1945.

He was killed when his unit was cleaning out one of the towns, taken that day, from hidden enemy.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, East Liverpool High School, 1942, The Evening Review, 4 May 1945