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DOHERTY, Robert H - Date of
birth
1915 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
New Jersey -
Hometown
Clifton, Passaic County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O1310418 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
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Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
4 October 1944 - Place of
death
Grandvillers, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 19 | 37 |
Immediate family
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Members
Henry Doherty (father)
Elizabeth Doherty (mother)
Frederick Doherty (brother)
Paul Doherty (brother)
Margaret Doherty (sister)
Johanna (Franz) Doherty (wife)
More information
1st Lt Robert H. Doherty attended Amherst College and was emplyed by the McDermott Chemical Supply Company in Waterbury, Connecticut.He was secretly married to Johanna Franz three day before his departure overseas.
He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time for wounds received during the battle for Anzio, Italy. On that occasion he was hit by a bullet on his right leg while he was repairing a radio.
According to a fellow officer, Lt Doherty and several men had entered a farmhouse while on patrol and were all kiled by a delayed action bomb. German soldiers had just left the house.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, The Morning Call 6 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, The Herald News 8 June 1944