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Personal info

Full name
EMERT, Robert Charles
Date of birth
29 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Duquesne, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
McKeesport, Allgheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33699452
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 August 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 32 60

Immediate family

Members
Michael Emert (father)
Mary (Horbaly) Emert (mother)
Evelyn J. Emert (sister)
Beatrice M. Emert (sister)
Dolores I. Emert (sister)
Agnes M. (McWhorter) Emert (wife)
George D. Emert (son)
Sandra L. Emert (daughter)

More information

T/Sgt Robert C. Emert attended high school for two years and was a clerk before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 7 August 1943.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Files WWII / Ralish Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy