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Personal info

Full name
BROWER, Robert Merrill
Date of birth
13 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Hometown
Robertsville, Stark County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35594775
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
264th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 17 33

Immediate family

Members
Frederick W. Brower (father)
Lillian A. (Bennett) Brower (mother)
Marian A. Brower (sister)
Frederick B. Brower (brother)
Barbara J. Brower (sister)

More information

T/5 Robert M. Bower was employed at the Babersville Brick Company before he enlisted in Akron, Ohio on 14 December 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
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