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SCHEAR, Robert Louis - Date of
birth
12 August 1924 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Geneva, Franklin County, Iowa -
Hometown
Geneva, Franklin County, Iowa
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37666136 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
29 November 1944 - Place of
death
Langerwehe, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Thomas F. Schear (father)
Lourena I. (Becker) Schear (mother)
Leola Schear (sister)
Dallas Schear (brother)
Donald Schear (brother)
Barbara Schear (sister)
More information
Pfc Robert L. Schear enlisted at Camp Dodge, Herrold, Iowa on 19 March 1943.He was a sales clerk before he enlisted. He went overseas in April, landed in England and remained there until after D-Day when he was sent to the front lines in France. He was wounded in action at St. Lo, July 11 and was sent to a hospital in England. He returned to his company September 1.
Pfc Schear was reported missing on 29 November 1944 and was officially decleared dead on 30 November 1945. He was a member of a six man patrol which did not return from a scouting mission. It is believed that they were surprised and overcome. A search was made of aid stations, but no trace could be found of him.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / WWII Bonus Case File, www.newspapers.com - Mason City Globe-Gazette
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Mason City Globe-Gazette, www.newspaperarchive.com - Mason City Globe-Gazette