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CARY, Robert L - Date of
birth
4 January 1920 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
New York -
Hometown
Sweden, Monroe County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O1308471 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
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Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Died non-Battle - Date of
death
9 February 1945 - Place of
death
Bischwiller, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 11 | 2 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Francis W. Cary (father)
Edna L. (Fisher) Cary (mother)
Richard F. Cary (brother)
Gertrude M. Cary (sister)
Doris E. Cary (sister)
Donald W. Cary (brother)
Neal A. Cary (brother)
More information
1st Lt Robert L. Cary graduated from Brockport High School and was a machinist at the Consolidated Machine Corporation before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Rochester, New York on 22 April 1942. He was sent overseas in July 1943.He was reported wounded in action in the leg in September 1944 and hospitalized for five days. He suffered this wound while firing a mortar that had been manned by a soldier who either was wounded or killed near Les Magny, France. Lt Cary, noticing the mortar crew had been put out of action, crawled forward and personally operated the gun in a hail of enemy shell fire. For this action he was awarded the Silver Star Medal.
Two months later he suffered a less serious wound.
He is remembered at the Garland Cemetery in Clarkson, Monroe County, New York.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Mack Cary Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Russ Pickett, www.newspapers.com – Democrat and Chronicle New York 28 February 1945