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Personal info

Full name
WARD, Robert Edwin "Doc"
Date of birth
8 January 1917
Age
28
Place of birth
Princeville, Peoria County, Illinois
Hometown
Princeville, Peoria County, Illinois
Ethnicity
White

Military service

Service number
16052395
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Distinguished Service Cross,
Silver Star,
Bronze Star

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Schwalmtal-Boisheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 15 30

Immediate family

Members
Harry E. Ward (father)
Luella J. (Eyre ) Ward (mother)
Russel J. Ward (brother)
Eleanor Ward (sister)

More information

T/4 Robert E. Ward attended college and was a clerk. He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Peoria, Illinois on 6 January 1942.

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949, http://www.homeofheroes.com, http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/89/, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Princeville Heritage Museum

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