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Personal info

Full name
HERRON, Robert Lee
Date of birth
26 January 1917
Age
28
Place of birth
Big Hill, Osage County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Sedgwick County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
38692862
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
422nd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
Fürstenberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 33 37

Immediate family

Members
William R. Herron (father)
Emma Herron (mother)
Martha F. (Provine) Herron (wife)
Martha Herron (daughter)
Roberta Herron (daughter)

More information

Pvt Robert L. Herron was a construction worker before he enlisted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on 24 March 1944.

He was taken prisoner on 16 December 1944 and died at Stalag III-B.

He was initially buried at the Quenz Cemetery in Brandenburg, Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Card / 1940 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com