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Personal info

Full name
MACH, Robert Russell "Bobby"
Date of birth
13 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
Hometown
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37676515
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
Northeast of Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 11 81

Immediate family

Members
Joseph A. Mach (father)
Alma M. (Sedlacek) Mach (mother)
Margaret R. Mach (sister)

More information

Pvt Robert R. Mach graduated from McKinley High School and attended the University of Iowa of one year.

He enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 17 August 1943 and was sent overseas in June 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire to this chest.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Margaret Randall, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Sedlacek Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.wwiimemorial.com - Nadine D Belles / Margaret Randall, www.ancestry.com - Scott M. Sedlack