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Personal info

Full name
TRACY, Robert Lawrence
Date of birth
29 September 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O1044414
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
424th Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Near Manhay, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 12 13

Immediate family

Members
Neil J. Tracy (father)
Grace P. Tracy (mother)
Margaret W. Tracy (sister)
Edward W. Tracy (brother)
Mary D. Tracy (sister)
Martin P. Tracy (brother)
Catherine (Mara) Tracy (wife)
Mara C. Tracy (daughter)

More information

1st Lt Robert L. Tracy graduated from Newton High School in 1928 and Harvard University in 1932. He was employed at the Public Loan Corporation.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 23 March 1942.

He was first buried at Block D, Row 3, Grave 61.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1920/1930 Census, http://106thinfdivassn.org, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Harvard University Yearbook 1932