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Personal info

Full name
SHANK, Robert Brewer
Date of birth
7 February 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15308089
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
Near Rauwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 24 2

Immediate family

Members
Lyman C. Shank (father)
Edna M. (Brewer) Shank (mother)
Mildred V. Shank (sister)
Ruth L. Shank (sister)

More information

Pfc Robert B. Shank graduated from Glenville High School and attended Ohio State University for two years where he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Columbus, Ohio on 25 November 1942.

He was selected for the Army Specialized Training Program (A.S.T.P.) and studied at South Dakota School of Mines.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Hawthorne Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Patti Johnson, Ohio State University 1943