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Personal info

Full name
DE WITT, Robert Dean
Date of birth
29 November 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Cooperstown, Brown County, Illinois
Hometown
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36784962
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 November 1944
Place of death
Near Honskirch, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 5 39

Immediate family

Members
Wallace H. De Witt (father)
Lulu A. (Davis) De Witt (mother)
Mina M. De Witt (sister)
Mildred De Witt (sister)
Norville G. De Witt (brother)
Onice P. De Witt (brother)
Elsie I. De Witt (sister)
Delbert D. De Witt (brother)
Wayne H. De Witt (brother)
Clifford D. De Witt (brother)
Harriette A. (Chapman) De Witt (wife)
Sherry A. De Witt (daughter)
Robert D. De Witt (son)

More information

Pvt Robert D. De Witt was employed at the F W Woolworth Company before he enlisted.

He and everyone aboard were killed when the truck, they were in, hit a landmine.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920 Census / McElroy Smith Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Bev, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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