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Personal info

Full name
BOHLAND, Robert Adam
Date of birth
24 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Hometown
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37596161
Rank
Private
Function
Gunner
Unit
756th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 24 12

Immediate family

Members
Carl P. Bohland (father)
Hattie C. (Schwabe) Bohland (mother)
Nanette Bohland (sister)
James C. Bohland (brother)
Ruth E. (Wanger) Bohland (wife)
Robert Bohland (son)
William Bohland (son)
Daniel Bohland (son)

More information

Pvt Robert A. Bohland was a technician employed by the Albert Lea Coop Creamery.

He enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 8 June 1944.

Pvt Bohland was only sixteen days in combat when he was killed.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards / Mark Harcourt Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Alberta Lea Tribune - 2 May 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy