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Personal info

Full name
GUTSCHMIDT, Robert W
Date of birth
1914
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O1317907
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
In the Haboudange area, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 19 15

Immediate family

Members
Henry W. Gutschmidt (father)
Lillie (Stuebe) Gutschmidt (mother)
Clara H. Gutschmidt (sister)
Henry W. Gutschmidt (brother)
Frieda A. Gutschmidt (sister)
Jeanne T. (Filley) Gutschmidt (wife)

More information

1st Lt Robert W. Gutschmidt graduated from Westlake High School and was employed at Ohio Carbon Company.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 9 September 1942.

His initial burial took place at Limey Cemetery, Toul, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com - Silvano Theunissen