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Personal info

Full name
TAKACS, Robert Louis
Date of birth
21 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35535374
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bliesbruck, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 8 56

Immediate family

Members
Louis Takacs (father)
Marie (Toth) Takacs (mother)
Elmer Takacs (brother)
Mary Ann Takacs (sister)

More information

T/5 Robert L. Takacs attended East Technical High School.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 11 February 1943 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his leg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - The Cleveland Press - 31 January 1945