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Personal info

Full name
FRANKLIN, Robert Lee
Date of birth
3 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Perryville, Perry County, Missouri
Hometown
Crystal City, Jefferson County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37641742
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Neupfotz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 35 7

Immediate family

Members
James Franklin (father)
Mary E. (Layton) Franklin (mother)
Samuel Franklin (brother)
Sylvia Franklin (sister)
Beulah A. Franklin (sister)
Roy J. Franklin (brother)
Elsie Franklin (sister)
Lorene Franklin (sister)
Christine M. (May) Franklin (wife)

More information

Pfc Robert L. Franklin was married to Christine Murphy May on 17 June 1940.

He enlisted in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 10 June 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940/1950 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / West Virginia Marriages Index 1785-1971 / 143rd-October-1944-to-end.pdf, https://36th-id.frb.io
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