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Personal info

Full name
WATTS, Robert Minard
Date of birth
3 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Seabrook, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Seabrook, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
11052291
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
13 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Himmelgeist, south of Düsseldorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Stephen W. Watts (father)
Georgia M. Watts (mother)
Stephen W. Watts (brother)
James A. Watts (brother)
Lillian A. Watts (sister)

More information

Pfc Robert M. Watts graduated from Amesbury High School and was employed by the Barr and Bloomfield Shoe Company.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Boston, Massachusetts on 20 May 1942 and was sent overseas in February 1943.

On 9 January 1945 he was wounded in action and after recovering, rejoined his unit.

One photo was taken on 18 September 1944 in the vicinity of Son-Best.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ww2-airborne-us, www.ancestry.com Portsmouth Herald 21 February 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Jeroen van Hees, Arie-jan van Hees