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Personal info

Full name
COBB, Rollie Dale
Date of birth
12 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Hamilton Township, Sullivan County, Indiana
Hometown
Hamilton Township, Sullivan County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35724962
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 16 48

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Cobb (father)
Margaret (Hoskins) Cobb (mother)
Sarah Cobb (sister)
Lawrence Cobb (brother)
William Cobb (brother)
Ulis Cobb (brother)
Ollie Cobb (sister)
Lillie E. Cobb (sister)
Virgil Cobb (brother)
Mary H. (Keene) Cobb (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Rollie D. Cobb attended high school for one year and worked on a farm before he enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 11 February 1943.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Indiana Birth Certificates / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1930 Census / Jill Harris Family Tree, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com – Jill Morris