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Personal info

Full name
HAENI, Robert
Date of birth
30 March 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Seen, Canton Winterthur, Switzerland
Hometown
Horicon, Dodge County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36818088
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Augsburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 17 71

Immediate family

Members
Adolph Haeni (father)
Ida H. (Lenherr) Haeni (mother)
Adolph Haeni (brother)
Ida Haeni (sister)
Maria Haeni (sister)
Arthur E. Haeni (brother)
Fred Haeni (brother)
Arthur Haeni (brother)
William Haeni (brother)

More information

Pvt Robert Haeni was employed by the Mayville White Lime Works.

He enlisted in Juneau, Dodge County on 29 April 1943.

He first served in a truck company but later had an infantry training in France. After that training he joined A Company in Germany on 29 March 1945. Later he was transferred to HQ & HQ Company.

On 26 April 1945 he was killed in action, in a small town in the vicinity of Augsburg, Germany by a German sniper who shot him in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - JoMarRo