Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
FRIES, Robert John
Date of birth
20 December 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36610179
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 March 1945
Place of death
Mannheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 20 33

Immediate family

Members
Charles Fries (father)
Margaret C. Fries (mother)
Richard Fries (brother)
Charles Fries (brother)

More information

Pfc Robert J. Fries was employed at Century System Inc. before he enlisted.

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 / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: -