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Personal info

Full name
NEWTON, Robert Elbert
Date of birth
16 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Rutherford County, North Carolina
Hometown
Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34437744
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Dié-Etival Clairefontaine, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 18 5

Immediate family

Members
John K. Newton (father)
Frances (Hunter) Newton (mother)
Elizabeth Newton (sister)
Florence Newton (sister)
Bryson Newton (brother)
Earnest Newton (brother)
Etta Newton (sister)
Robert Newton (brother)
Vernice Newton (sister)
Charles B. Newton (brother)
Marvin Newton (brother)
Lizzie Newton (sister)

More information

Sgt Robert E. Newton worked on the family farm before he enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 3 November 1942.

He was wounded in November 1943 by artillery shell fragments in his leg. He was discharged from hospital in June 1944.

He was killed by a bullet in his leg.

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