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Personal info

Full name
BATTCHER, Robert Ralph
Date of birth
14 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Park Ridge, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Park Ridge, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36365528
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
Anti-Tank Company,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 December 1944
Place of death
Wittring, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 24 19

Immediate family

Members
Henry A. Battcher (father)
Hulda E. (Albrecht) Battcher (mother)
Henry M. Battcher (brother)
Carole A. (Weber) Battcher (wife)

More information

T/5 Robert R. Battcher attended college for one year and worked on a farm before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 20 August 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach and leg.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

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 / Faulmann Family Tree / Cook County Illinois Marriage Index / U.S. WWII hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Park Ridge Illinois