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WOLF, Robert Emil - Date of
birth
30 April 1912 -
Age
32 - Place of
birth
La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin -
Hometown
La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-424623 -
Rank
Captain -
Function
Surgeon -
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
23 December 1944 - Place of
death
Limburg an der Lahn, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| P | 18 | 17 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Herman E. Wolf (father)
Minnie E. (Watson) Wolf (mother)
Frederick H. Wolf (brother)
Nancy J. Wolf (sister)
Catherine M. (Peek) Wolf (wife)
Robert E. Wolf Jr. (son)
Richard Wolf (son)
More information
Robert Wolf attended Central High School in La Crosse, Wisconsin.He worked with Dr. C.E. Boyd at the Boyd Clinic.
He was sent overseas in Octobe, 1943.
He was taken prisoner and was held in Stalag XII-A in Limburg an der Lahn, Germany.
He was killed during an Allied air raid on a railway junction near the camp, together with 62 other men, mostly medical personnel
He was initially buried at the prison cemetery
While he was in the camp his youngest son was born who he has never seen. He left behind a wife and two little sons.
Many of his family members also served in the second world war, often as medical personnel.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Bob Wolf (son), www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920-1930- 1940 Census, www.bloodybucket.be/history.htm
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Willy Boden via Bob Wolf (son)