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Personal info

Full name
ADRIAN, Robert Edwin
Date of birth
26 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Morgan County, Ohio
Hometown
McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35760103
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Medical Detachment,
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 February 1945
Place of death
Near Prüm, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 5 19

Immediate family

Members
Wellington D. Adrian (father)
Margaret R. (Mellor) Adrian (mother)
Marilyn Adrian (sister)

More information

Pfc Robert E. Adrian graduated from McConnelsville and Malta High School in 1943 and worked at Herald Printing Company.

He enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 19 August 1943 and was sent overseas on 1 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, Danny van der Groen – Company’s / 4ID After Action Reports, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com – Kay, www.newspapers.com – The Times Recorder Ohio 8 October 1945
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – WWII Young American Patriots