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Personal info

Full name
STRICKLAND, Robert Flowers
Date of birth
3 March 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Wendell, Wake County, North Carolina
Hometown
Wendell, Wake County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
44010742
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Barby-Walternienburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 14 9

Immediate family

Members
Everett P. Strickland (father)
Adell (Bower) Strickland (mother)
Willie C. Strickland (brother)
Everett Strickland (brother)
Lillie Strickland (sister)
Edna E. Strickland (sister)
Mildred L. (Williams) Strickland (wife)
Roy L. Strickland (son)

More information

Pfc Robert F. Strickland enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 21 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Hans Wijnands