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WARREN, Robert James "Bobby" - Date of
birth
2 January 1921 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio -
Hometown
Butler County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35071711 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
13th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
15 February 1945 - Place of
death
Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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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 graduated fromf Hamilton High School in 1939.He enlisted at Fort Thomas, 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 after being shot at by German soldiers on 15 February 1945.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Jon Strupp, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.mydaytondailynews.com, Dayton Daily News - 3 March 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Jon Strupp