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Personal info

Full name
ST ARMAND, Robert Raymond
Date of birth
19 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
11106019
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
66th Armored Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Baesweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Romeo J. St. Armand (father)
Irene L. (Gauthier) St. Armand (mother)
Richard St. Armand (brother)

More information

Cpl Robert R. St. Armand worked in a textile factory.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Springfield, Massachusetts on 27 October 1942 and was an instructor in armor warfare at Fort Knox, Kentucky before he was sent overseas in June 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Kathy McDermott, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 66th Armored Regiment, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Worcester Telegram - 15 June 1945