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CURRY, Robert Leroy - Date of
birth
16 August 1909 -
Age
35 - Place of
birth
Hamilton, Ravalli County, Montana -
Hometown
Grantsdale, Ravalli County, Montana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39928901 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Battery,
535th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
17 April 1945 - Place of
death
Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 6 | 32 |
Immediate family
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Members
Clyde E. Curry (father)
Elizabeth (Paschal) Curry (mother)
Cloyd J. Curry (brother)
Edith E. Curry (sister)
Norene (Vance) Curry (wife)
Norbert Curry (son)
Robert L. Curry (son)
More information
Robert Curry was a sales clerk.He enlisted at Fort Douglas, Utah on 21 April 1944.
He was reported wounded in action on 11 April 1945 and died in the 13th Field Hospital of a shell fragment wound in the left lower chest.
Pvt Curry was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery Breuna #1. He was reinterred in a temporary grave at Margraten on 25 July 1945 and given his final resting place on 10 December 1948.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - The Independent Record / Family Trees, IDPF
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Robert L. Curry, Jr