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Personal info

Full name
CALLAHAN, Robert C
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Kansas
Hometown
Bourbon County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37512649
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
32nd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 September 1944
Place of death
Near Mons, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 23 11

Immediate family

Members
Woneta L. Callahan (sister)

More information

According to his medical tag Pvt Robert C. Callahan died of a gunshot wound in the abdomen in Belgium during what was known as "the Battle of the Mons Pocket".

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy