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Personal info

Full name
MILLER, Robert Samuel
Date of birth
7 January 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Medina County, Ohio
Hometown
Rootstown, Portage County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35049095
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 September 1944
Place of death
East of Luxeuil-les-Bains, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 31 34

Immediate family

Members
Harvey A. Miller (father)
Alta V. (Hawley) Miller (mother)
Glen N. Miller (brother)
Dorothy E. Miller (sister)
George R. Miller (brother)
Harold F. Miller (brother)

More information

Pfc Robert S. Miller enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 18 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Coleman

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com - RhinehartRoots