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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, Robert Lawrence
Date of birth
18 September 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Orchard Crossing, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Tyrone, Blair County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33073569
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 15 19

Immediate family

Members
John W. Wilson (father)
Annie C. (Magill) Wilson (mother)
Frank R. Wilson (brother)
John W. Wilson (brother)
William H. Wilson (brother)
Mary E. Wilson (sister)
Anna M. Wilson (sister)
Esther A. Wilson (sister)
Martha W. Wilson (sister)
James R. Wilson (brother)
Adeline E. (Herit) Wilson (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Robert L. Wilson was a bartender at the Pennsylvania Hotel before he enlisted at Camp Lee, Virginia on 23 August 1941. He was sent overseas in September 1944.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Michael Milliken, www.newspapers.com – Altoona Tribune 2 December 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.newspapers.com – Altoona Tribune 7 December 1944