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Personal info

Full name
KLENK, Robert J
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36315517
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
94th Armored Field Artillery Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 5 33

Immediate family

Members
John G. Klenk (father)
Rose L. (Gailbraith) Klenk (mother)
Hazel M. Klenk (sister)
William J. Klenk (brother)

More information

Pvt Robert J. Klenk enlisted at Camp Grant, Illinois on 3 February 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Saint James, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record

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