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Personal info

Full name
LIEDIKE, Robert H
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Colorado
Hometown
Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
O1290960
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Near Erching, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 29 3

Immediate family

Members
Raymond W. Liedike (father)
Maudine J. (Hogue) Liedike (mother)
Raymond R. Liedike (brother)
Jack H. Liedike (brother)

More information

Capt Robert H. Liedike attended high school for four years before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Camp Barkely, Texas on 2 February 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstones and Interment Record / Lowry Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks