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Personal info

Full name
SPRAGUE, Robert
Date of birth
25 October 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Wickliffe, Lake County, Ohio
Hometown
Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35282427
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
Near Fontenay, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 45 8

Immediate family

Members
William E. Sprague (father)
Anna E. Sprague (mother)
Dorothy A. Sprague (sister)
Charles W. Sprague (brother)
Donald S. Sprague (brother)
William J. Sprague (brother)
Elmer Sprague (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Robert Sprague graduated from Willoughby High School and was a machinist before he enlisted in Camp Perry Lacarne, Ohio on 15 January 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Lynn McMillen Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org, WWII Draft Card


Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy