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Personal info

Full name
WARREN, Robert James "Bobby"
Date of birth
2 January 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio
Hometown
Butler County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35071711
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
13th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
15 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Thomas B. Warren (father)
Martha H. (Laws) Warren (mother)
Rowan Warren (brother)
Laura N. Warren (sister)
Herbert Warren (brother)
Gertrude W. Warren (sister)
Gladys E. Warren (sister)
Evelyn Warren (sister)

More information

Pfc Robert J. Warren was a graduate of Hamilton High School, class of 1939.
He enlisted in Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 9 March 1944. He was wounded in November, 1944 by a mortar shell and had returned to the front line on 1 February 1945.
Pfc Warren was last seen laying with five others on the banks of the Roer River in Western Germany after being shot at by German soldiers on Feb. 15, 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, Jon Strupp, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.mydaytondailynews.com, Dayton Daily News - 03 March 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Jon Strupp