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Personal info

Full name
ADDISON, Robert Otis "Bob"
Date of birth
24 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri
Hometown
Buchanan County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
35238150
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 March 1945
Place of death
Near Bad Orb, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 42 25

Immediate family

Members
John S. Addison (father)
Alta L. (Phillips) Addison (mother)
Duke F. Addison (brother)
Theodore E. Addison (brother)
Walter B. Addison (brother)
Lee M. Addison (brother)
Mabel P. Addison (sister)
Josie B. Addison (sister)
Wilbur C. Addison (brother)
Ruby V. Addison (sister)
Alta R. Addison (sister)
John O. Addison (brother)
Gerthel B. (Hankins) Addison (wife)
Roberta S. Addison (daughter)
Cody B. Addison (son)

More information

Pfc Robert O. Addison was employed at the Oakwood Smokeless Coal Corporation before he enlisted in July 1944. He was sent overseas in December 1944.

He is remembered at the Mutter Addison Cemetery in Marvin, Buchanan County, Virginia.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Ms. Gerthel H. Linkous, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - Sue Lapp / Gathering Roots, www.newspapers.com - The Marion Star 21 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Jean Louis Vijgen / Sue Lapp