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WYNNE, Robert Vardy - Date of
birth
18 August 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Eastland, Eastland County, Texas -
Hometown
Eastland, Eastland County, Texas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
18233174 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
44th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
4 April 1945 - Place of
death
On the corner of the Heyeröde Strasse and Sperlingsberg
Oberdorla, South of Mühlhausen/Thüringen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 2 | 6 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Rass F. Wynne (father)
Winnie L. (Addeigton) Wynne (mother)
Margaret B. Wynne (sister)
Ras Wynne (brother)
More information
Pfc Robert V. Wynne attended the University of Texas at Austin, class of 1943.He joined the Army Reserve in San Antonio, Texas on 3 August 1943.
He was wounded in action in France in November 1944 for which he was awarded the Purple Heart a first time. After recovering in a hospital in England, he rejoined his unit.
The pictures show Pfc Robert Wynne who is just shot down by a sniper and the street like it looks today.
Pfc Wynne was hit in the neck and died instantly.
He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Eisenach N°1 on 16 April 1945. After being disinterred he was evacuated to Margraten and buried in a temporary grave on 23 June 1945. After being disinterred again and after the cemetery was given a permanent status, he was given his final resting place on 21 December 1948.
He is remembered at the Eastland City Cemetery, Eastland County, Texas.
On 9 April 1999 a statue was inaugurated at the spot were Pfc Wynne was killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census, www.super6th.org - After Action Report CCB, IDPF
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Brian Buick, Robert Culverhouse, Bernd Schmidt