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Personal info

Full name
FREEDMAN, Robert Charles
Date of birth
13 November 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Richmond, Virginia
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
33634937
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 November 1944
Place of death
Near Derbamont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 7 44

Immediate family

Members
Alfred Freedman (father)
Frances E. (Pollock) Freedman (mother)
Aubrey D. Freedman (brother)
Leona Freedman (sister)
Stanley E. Freedman (brother)

More information

Sgt Robert C. Freedman and was a retail manager before he enlisted in Richmond, Virginia, on 23 April 1943.

He is remembered at the Beth El Cemetery in Henrico County, Virginia.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com – RR
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / RR, Stein Family - courtesy of Debbie Holloman