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Personal info

Full name
MCCORMICK, Robert Dale
Date of birth
17 January 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Huntsville, Logan County, Ohio
Hometown
Huntsville, Logan County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35032463
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Les Rouges Eaux-Col du Haut Jacques, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 20 16

Immediate family

Members
Grant L. McCormick (father)
Horva E. (Gartner) McCormick (mother)
Margery J. McCormick (sister)
Barbara E. McCormick (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Robert D. McCormick attended high school for four years and worked on the family farm before he enlisted at Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio on 17 April 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his back.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy