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Personal info

Full name
MENTING, Robert John
Date of birth
6 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Phlox, Langlade County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Norwood, Langlade County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36244122
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 October 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 8 58

Immediate family

Members
Frank H. Menting (father)
Cecilia T. (Heinzen) Menting (mother)
Roman A. Menting (brother)
Caroline M. Menting (sister)
Matthew J. Menting (brother)
Alvin J. Menting (brother)
Johanna Menting (sister)
MaryAnn R. Menting (sister)
Isabel Menting (sister)
Harold G. Menting (brother)
Margaret M. Menting (sister)
Eleanor R. Menting (sister)

More information

Sgt Robert J. Menting enlisted in 1942.

His sister, Margaret M. Menting, recalled the following: “I remember Tom Duffy coming to our house and telling all the family what really happened to Robert. Tom lived in our area. He had been in the foxhole with Robert, and he still had shrapnel in much of his body. He said Robert’s unit was being pulled back for R & R and a new bunch from the 44th Infantry Division had come in. This 44th group was ordered to fire at the Germans but one shot was too low. It killed Robert and wounded Tom. A chaplain got them both out of the hole. Robert was hit in the back of the head. This meant the fire came from the American position.”

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Neuser Ourada Family Tree, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Kathy Ullman, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - Bill Neuser